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HASSELL, John (d.1825). Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis. London: for J. Hassell, 1817-18. 2 volumes, 8°. 120 hand-coloured aquatint plates by and after the author (occasional light spotting and discolouration, lacks half title, leaf of directions to the binder in vol. II supplied from a smaller copy). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, double gilt line border round sides enclosing a gilt vine-leaf border and a blindstamped border, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, slipcase (upper hinge of vol. I a little rubbed, head of spines very neatly repaired). Provenance: Charles M. Hutt (book-label). FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. Abbey Scenery 218; Tooley 251. (2)
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