![DANIELL, William (1769-1837, illustrator) and Richard AYTON (1786-1823). A Voyage Round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall. London: T. Davison for Longman [and partners] and William Daniell, 1814-1821.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01555_0042_000(daniell_william_and_richard_ayton_a_voyage_round_great_britain_underta093551).jpg?w=1)
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DANIELL, William (1769-1837, illustrator) and Richard AYTON (1786-1823). A Voyage Round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall. London: T. Davison for Longman [and partners] and William Daniell, 1814-1821.
5 volumes only comprising vols I, II, III, IV and VI (of 8), large 4° (385 x 270mm). Uncoloured aquatint dedication and 181 hand-coloured aquatint plates within grey wash borders by and after William Daniell, with errata leaf and plate list at end of vol I- II, letterpress dedication in vols. III, VI and dedication to Sir Walter Scott in vol III. (Some spotting and foxing mostly affecting text, occasionally some loose leaves.) Vols. I-IV uniformly bound in contemporary red half sheep and vol. VI in near contemporary cream morocco (some rubbing). Provenance: Biblioteque d’Hauteville (bookplate).
'THE MOST IMPORTANT COLOUR PLATE BOOK ON BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY' in Tooley's judgement, 'valuable as a record and exquisite in its presentation'. The venture was originally planned by Daniell who asked Ayton to contribute the descriptions, publication beginning in monthly parts on 1st January 1814. However, the partnership only endured for the first two volumes, after which Ayton turned to adapting comedies for the English Opera House. The text was thereafter diminished, and publication ceased to be on a monthly basis after 1st December 1820. Abbey Scenery 16; Tooley 177.
5 volumes only comprising vols I, II, III, IV and VI (of 8), large 4° (385 x 270mm). Uncoloured aquatint dedication and 181 hand-coloured aquatint plates within grey wash borders by and after William Daniell, with errata leaf and plate list at end of vol I- II, letterpress dedication in vols. III, VI and dedication to Sir Walter Scott in vol III. (Some spotting and foxing mostly affecting text, occasionally some loose leaves.) Vols. I-IV uniformly bound in contemporary red half sheep and vol. VI in near contemporary cream morocco (some rubbing). Provenance: Biblioteque d’Hauteville (bookplate).
'THE MOST IMPORTANT COLOUR PLATE BOOK ON BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY' in Tooley's judgement, 'valuable as a record and exquisite in its presentation'. The venture was originally planned by Daniell who asked Ayton to contribute the descriptions, publication beginning in monthly parts on 1st January 1814. However, the partnership only endured for the first two volumes, after which Ayton turned to adapting comedies for the English Opera House. The text was thereafter diminished, and publication ceased to be on a monthly basis after 1st December 1820. Abbey Scenery 16; Tooley 177.
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