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COOK, Henry (1819-c.1890). Recollections of a Tour in the Ionians Islands, Greece, and Constantinople. [London: Thomas M’Lean, 1853].
Broadsheet folio (670 x 485mm). Lithographic dedication, followed by the first 8 leaves of text only (of 14). 15 (of 30) tinted lithographic plates by and after Cook. (Lacks title page, light offsetting from plates onto tissue-guards, some spotting, occasional light finger-soiling, pages loose.) Contemporary blue morocco, borders of triple gilt fillets, spine titled in gilt, turn-ins roll-tooled in gilt, gilt edges (rubbed and scuffed, slight chipping to extremities, slight discolouration to covers).
A RARE ACCOUNT OF A TOUR UNDERTAKEN WITH THE LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. Henry Cook, Chevalier of the Order of SS. Maurizio e Lazaro, studied painting at the Royal Academy and in Rome. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1840 to 1855, where he showed a work entitled 'Temple of Jupiter Olympus' in 1853. Among his other works are The Scenery of Central Italy (London: 1846), which was illustrated with 24 lithographic plates by the author. Cook's Recollections is dedicated to Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860), as 'the result of the happy tour which I had the pleasure of making with you last year' (dedication leaf). Ward was appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands in 1849, a position that he held until 1855. Not in Blackmer or Abbey.
Broadsheet folio (670 x 485mm). Lithographic dedication, followed by the first 8 leaves of text only (of 14). 15 (of 30) tinted lithographic plates by and after Cook. (Lacks title page, light offsetting from plates onto tissue-guards, some spotting, occasional light finger-soiling, pages loose.) Contemporary blue morocco, borders of triple gilt fillets, spine titled in gilt, turn-ins roll-tooled in gilt, gilt edges (rubbed and scuffed, slight chipping to extremities, slight discolouration to covers).
A RARE ACCOUNT OF A TOUR UNDERTAKEN WITH THE LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. Henry Cook, Chevalier of the Order of SS. Maurizio e Lazaro, studied painting at the Royal Academy and in Rome. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1840 to 1855, where he showed a work entitled 'Temple of Jupiter Olympus' in 1853. Among his other works are The Scenery of Central Italy (London: 1846), which was illustrated with 24 lithographic plates by the author. Cook's Recollections is dedicated to Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860), as 'the result of the happy tour which I had the pleasure of making with you last year' (dedication leaf). Ward was appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands in 1849, a position that he held until 1855. Not in Blackmer or Abbey.
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