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JOHN BRITTON (1771-1857)
The History and Description, with Graphic Illustrations, of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: the Seat of the Earl of Essex, London: by the author, 1837. 2° (496 x 322mm.). Title with engraved vignette, 20 engraved plates and plans by J. Hill and others after J. M. W. Turner, A. Pugin and others, 1 plate aquatinted. (Most plates dampstained, front hinge split, occasional light spotting). Contemporary half morocco (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Caroline Panetta, Countess of Essex (bookplate) and Reginald Algernon Capell, January 1851 (inscription). ONE OF 20 LARGE PAPER COPIES. Abbey Scenery 412; Brunet I, 1269.
The History and Description, with Graphic Illustrations, of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: the Seat of the Earl of Essex, London: by the author, 1837. 2° (496 x 322mm.). Title with engraved vignette, 20 engraved plates and plans by J. Hill and others after J. M. W. Turner, A. Pugin and others, 1 plate aquatinted. (Most plates dampstained, front hinge split, occasional light spotting). Contemporary half morocco (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Caroline Panetta, Countess of Essex (bookplate) and Reginald Algernon Capell, January 1851 (inscription). ONE OF 20 LARGE PAPER COPIES. Abbey Scenery 412; Brunet I, 1269.
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