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Price: US$78.91 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 378, 454 p. Ill. 22,5x29cm. Class number on spine. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute. Bookbinding worn and detached. Spine incomplete. Internally very good condition. code 1115
Seller: Livresse, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Price: US$93.68 + shipping
Description: Worn copy bound in quarter leather over cloth boards with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age with the spine and front board loosely attached. Remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; vol. 2 (only): 454 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm. Notes; Title vignettes. Includes index. "Chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson. With his contributions to book illustration in the order of publication": v. 2, p. [387]-408. "With about four hundred illustrations" - T.p. Lists of drawings by Rowlandson: v. 2, p. 412-431. Title vignettes. Includes index. Contents; v. 2: 1800-1825. 1800 -- 1801 -- 1802 -- 1803 -- 1804 -- 1805 -- 1806 -- 1807 -- 1808 -- 1809 -- 1810 -- 1811 -- 1812 -- 1813 -- 1814 -- 1815 -- 1816 -- 1817 -- 1818 -- 1819 -- 1820 -- 1821 -- 1822 -- 1823 -- 1824 -- 1825 -- 1831 -- Summaries: Chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson, with his contributions to book illustration in the order of publication ; Addendum to the chronological summary of Rowlandson's published caricatures -- Appendix: Additional sources of reference upon Rowlandson's caricatures. Subjects; Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827). Rowlandson, Thomas (English caricaturist and watercolorist, born 1756 or 1757, died 1827). English wit and humor, Pictorial. Caricatures and cartoons. Medicine and art. Caricatures and cartoons England. Satirists, English. Caricatures and cartoons Great Britain. English wit and humor, Pictorial. Watercolourists, British 18th century ; Biography. Watercolourists, British 19th century ; Biography. Great Britain History George III, (1760-1820). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Engravings - England - 19th century. Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) - England - 19th century. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Worn copy bound in quarter leather over cloth boards with a gilt title to the spine. Wear and tear as with age with the spine and front board loosely attached. Remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; vol. 2 (only): 454 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm. Notes; Title vignettes. Includes index. "Chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson. With his contributions to book illustration in the order of publication": v. 2, p. [387]-408. "With about four hundred illustrations" - T.p. Lists of drawings by Rowlandson: v. 2, p. 412-431. Title vignettes. Includes index. Contents; v. 2: 1800-1825. 1800 -- 1801 -- 1802 -- 1803 -- 1804 -- 1805 -- 1806 -- 1807 -- 1808 -- 1809 -- 1810 -- 1811 -- 1812 -- 1813 -- 1814 -- 1815 -- 1816 -- 1817 -- 1818 -- 1819 -- 1820 -- 1821 -- 1822 -- 1823 -- 1824 -- 1825 -- 1831 -- Summaries: Chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson, with his contributions to book illustration in the order of publication ; Addendum to the chronological summary of Rowlandson's published caricatures -- Appendix: Additional sources of reference upon Rowlandson's caricatures. Subjects; Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827). Rowlandson, Thomas (English caricaturist and watercolorist, born 1756 or 1757, died 1827). English wit and humor, Pictorial. Caricatures and cartoons. Medicine and art. Caricatures and cartoons England. Satirists, English. Caricatures and cartoons Great Britain. English wit and humor, Pictorial. Watercolourists, British 18th century ; Biography. Watercolourists, British 19th century ; Biography. Great Britain History George III, (1760-1820). Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Engravings - England - 19th century. Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) - England - 19th century. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$116.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1880. Chatto and Windus. Hardcovers. GOOD Quarter leather bound, , leather is quite worn on the spine, corners bumped. Original binding
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete in two volumes with "about 400 illustrations." Red leather over spines with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Red cloth over boards. Covers are rubbed and worn, though gilt on spine remains bright. Hinges are cracked, though both volume remain fairly tight and text blocks are solid. Contents are very clean and intact. Due to weight, extra charges will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. 4to., (11 ¼ x 9 inches). Half-titles; vignette title pages. Tinted lithographed frontispiece in volume one (small pale stain to upper margin, not affecting image); 47 full-page lithographed plates, 303 in-text illustrations (occasional spotting). Original publisher's quarter morocco, pebbled cloth, the smooth spines elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt (rebacked, preserving much of the original spines). Provenance: Near-contemporary marginalia. First edition. Rowlandson was an "English painter and caricaturist who illustrated the life of 18th-century England and created comic images of familiar social types of his day, such as the antiquarian, the old maid, the blowsy barmaid, and the Grub Street hack. His characters ranged from the ridiculously pretentious, with their elaborate coiffures, widely frogged uniforms, and enormous bosoms and bottoms, to the merely pathetic, whose trailing handkerchiefs expressed their dejected attitudes. "The son of a tradesman, Rowlandson became a student in the Royal Academy. At age 16 he went to study in Paris. After establishing a studio as a portrait painter, he began to draw caricatures to supplement his income, and this soon became his major interest. "His series of drawings "The Schoolmaster's Tour," accompanied by verses of William Combe, was published in the new Poetical Magazine (1809-11) launched by the art publisher Rudolph Ackermann, who was Rowlandson's chief employer. The same collaboration of designer, author, and publisher resulted in the popular Dr. Syntax series-Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (1812), The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation (1820), and The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of a Wife (1821). They also produced The English Dance of Death (1815-16) and The Dance of Life (1816-17). Rowlandson illustrated editions of novels by Tobias Smollett, Oliver Goldsmith, and Laurence Sterne. "Rowlandson's designs were usually executed in outline with a reed pen and delicately washed with colour. They were then etched by the artist on copper and afterward aquatinted-usually by a professional engraver, the impressions being finally coloured by hand. The works of Rowlandson's prime are outstanding in the vitality of their outline and the gusto of their comment on human weaknesses" (Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$224.57 + shipping
Description: A very nice First Edition of this two volume selection of Rowlandsons work.Half red leather over red buckram boards. The leather is bright and profusely decorated in gilt. The boards are a little rubbed and have moderate marking to them. An attractive set. Armourial bookplates to the inside board of each volume. Volume two has splitting to the front hinge with some loss of end paper surface, but still holding well. Both volumes have light to moderate foxing to them. A "biographical sketch" of Rowlandson is followed by a detailed chronological study of his caricatures. There is a useful "chronological summary of subjects, social and political caricatures, engraved by or after Thomas Rowlandson" An essential addition to any Rowlandson collection. xv, 378., xi, 454 pp. 290 by 230mm (11½ by 9 inches). . Un très bel exemplaire de cette sélection en deux volumes de l'uvre de Rowlandson. Demi-cuir rouge sur des planches de bougran rouge. Le cuir est brillant et abondamment décoré de dorures. Les planches sont un peu frottées et portent des marques modérées. Un ensemble attrayant. Un ex-libris armorié figure à l'intérieur de chaque volume. Le volume 2 présente une fissure à la charnière avant avec une perte de la surface du papier de fin, mais il tient encore bien. Les deux volumes présentent des rousseurs légères à modérées. Une "esquisse biographique" de Rowlandson est suivie d'une étude chronologique détaillée de ses caricatures. Un résumé chronologique des sujets, des caricatures sociales et politiques, gravées par ou d'après Thomas Rowlandson, est également utile. 290 x 230 mm
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Two volumes, quarter bound with leather over spines and cloth over boards; Gilt lettering and decoration on spine; Top edges, gilded; Edges of covers are rubbed, and are worn at corners and spine ends; Scattered rubbing on spines, though lettering and most of decoration remains bright and clear; Cloth covers are a little rubbed and show a few worn spots; Front hinge (internal) of Volume I and rear hinge of Volume II are broke, though both volumes remains fairly tight; Volume II shows some moisture stains along bottom edge and outside corner of contents, not sticking or affecting text; Contents are otherwise clean and intact.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. With about 400 Illustrations. 2 vols. 4to. Original gilt stamped red morocco and cloth, covers slightly rubbed, else a very nice copy. Bookplates of Nathaniel W. Conkling & Collin Armstrong. (2) With about 400 Illustrations. 2 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.