BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH)An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, later issue (without additional dedication leaf), engraved frontispiece, 2 double-page engraved maps in volume 1, 76 hand-coloured aquatint plates within grey wash borders (3 double-page on 2 sheets joined) by J.C. Stadler after J. Farington, occasional spotting, foxing and off-setting (heavy to 2 or 3 plates), light dampstain in margin of several leaves in volume 2 (touching image of one folding plate), a few pencil annotations, contemporary diced calf gilt, marbled edges, rebacked in morocco gilt, worn [Abbey Scenery 432; Tooley 102], folio (422 x 310mm.), W. Bulmer & Co., for John and Josiah Boydell 1794-1796FootnotesProvenance: David Thomas Powell (1772/73-1848, antiquarian and bibliophile), with presentation inscription from him to T. Powell "...to remain at Tottenham & never taken away without consent"; J.S. Judd, bookplate.
BOYDELL (JOHN AND JOSIAH)An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, later issue (without additional dedication leaf), engraved frontispiece, 2 double-page engraved maps in volume 1, 76 hand-coloured aquatint plates within grey wash borders (3 double-page on 2 sheets joined) by J.C. Stadler after J. Farington, occasional spotting, foxing and off-setting (heavy to 2 or 3 plates), light dampstain in margin of several leaves in volume 2 (touching image of one folding plate), a few pencil annotations, contemporary diced calf gilt, marbled edges, rebacked in morocco gilt, worn [Abbey Scenery 432; Tooley 102], folio (422 x 310mm.), W. Bulmer & Co., for John and Josiah Boydell 1794-1796FootnotesProvenance: David Thomas Powell (1772/73-1848, antiquarian and bibliophile), with presentation inscription from him to T. Powell "...to remain at Tottenham & never taken away without consent"; J.S. Judd, bookplate.
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