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HASSELL, John. Picturesque Rides and Walks, with excursions by water, thirty miles round the British metropolis. London: W.Flint for J.Hassell, 1817-18.
2 volumes, demy 8° (211 x 130mm.). Half-title to vol.II, 120 hand-coloured aquatint plates (lacking half-title to vol.I). Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Provenance: Oxford and Cambridge University Club Library (bookplates, and neat blindstamp on tiles and on three of the final leaves).
FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. 'A charming little work, and valuable as a pictorial record.': Tooley 251; cf.Abbey Scenery 218. (2)
2 volumes, demy 8° (211 x 130mm.). Half-title to vol.II, 120 hand-coloured aquatint plates (lacking half-title to vol.I). Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Provenance: Oxford and Cambridge University Club Library (bookplates, and neat blindstamp on tiles and on three of the final leaves).
FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. 'A charming little work, and valuable as a pictorial record.': Tooley 251; cf.Abbey Scenery 218. (2)