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LEWIS, John Frederick (1805-1876). [Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra. London: 1835].
2° (545 x 420mm). Mounted on guards throughout. 26 HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES, EACH MOUNTED ON THICK CARD, WITHIN AN INK RULED BORDER by J.D.Harding, Lewis and others after Lewis, extra-illustrated with a loosely inserted plate ?from Owen Jones' Alahmbra and an early reduced manuscript copy of the title, dedication and plate list. (One leaf loosely inserted.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e., bound for P. & D.Colnaghi & Co. (extremities a trifle scuffed). Provenance: Scarborough Public Libraries reference department (book plate).
A FINE COPY OF THE MOST DESIRABLE COLOURED ISSUE. Abbey records two tinted issues at 4 and 5 guineas, and this 'coloured and mounted, in a portfolio' at 10 guineas. Cf. Abbey Travel 148.
2° (545 x 420mm). Mounted on guards throughout. 26 HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES, EACH MOUNTED ON THICK CARD, WITHIN AN INK RULED BORDER by J.D.Harding, Lewis and others after Lewis, extra-illustrated with a loosely inserted plate ?from Owen Jones' Alahmbra and an early reduced manuscript copy of the title, dedication and plate list. (One leaf loosely inserted.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e., bound for P. & D.Colnaghi & Co. (extremities a trifle scuffed). Provenance: Scarborough Public Libraries reference department (book plate).
A FINE COPY OF THE MOST DESIRABLE COLOURED ISSUE. Abbey records two tinted issues at 4 and 5 guineas, and this 'coloured and mounted, in a portfolio' at 10 guineas. Cf. Abbey Travel 148.