[Rhine] - Fearnside, William Gray, ed. - Tombleson’s views of the Rhine, from Cologne to
Estimation :
€300/400
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Invendu
Description
Mayence. Engraved (...) by the most eminent artists. With letter-press descriptions (...), [2 = engr. title]-190-[2] pp. - WATTS, JOHN, ed. - Tombleson’s views (...) from Mentz to its sources in the Alps, [2 = engr. title, marg. tear]-viii-181-[4] pp. London, G. Virtue e.a., 1834, id., 2 vol., 8vo, publ. dark blue shagreen (faint scratch on upper cover of vol. II), gilt rules & tools on covers, gilt orn. flat spines (sl. brown.), gilt sides, upper covers part. pres. Good copy, inside fresh. Beautiful publication (complete) ill. with 2 long panoramic engr. maps of the rhine and 139 (69, 70) steel engr. plates incl. 2 engr. title pages, after the drawings of William Tombleson (1795- 1846), english topographical and architectural artist, illustrator, copper and steel engraver. nice romantic views of i.a. cologne, Bonn, coblenz, rheinfels, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Heidelberg and of towers, ruins, waterfalls, glaciers, bridges, etc. Old unobtrusive stamp. Leon Forel on covers and engr. t.p., ms. ownership enry “Jos Forel” dated 1900 on 1st bl. ff.
