ROWLANDSON] WIGSTEAD, HENRY and ROWLANDSON, THOMAS. An Excursion to Brighthelmstone. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1790. First edition. Three-quarters morocco, cloth sides, all edges gilt. 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (29 x 37 cm); title, 12 text pages, with eight fine sepia aquatint plates drawn by Rowlandson and tinted by Alken. Binding neatly restored retaining original spine. Plates and text alike show a center crease, but otherwise a clean copy. Bookplate of J. Barton Townsend. This is an extremely scarce Rowlandson desideratum, especially in the first state as here with the title page and plates all dated 1790. The guard-sheets are Whatman, dated 1801. Abbey Scenery 54. C
ROWLANDSON] WIGSTEAD, HENRY and ROWLANDSON, THOMAS. An Excursion to Brighthelmstone. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1790. First edition. Three-quarters morocco, cloth sides, all edges gilt. 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (29 x 37 cm); title, 12 text pages, with eight fine sepia aquatint plates drawn by Rowlandson and tinted by Alken. Binding neatly restored retaining original spine. Plates and text alike show a center crease, but otherwise a clean copy. Bookplate of J. Barton Townsend. This is an extremely scarce Rowlandson desideratum, especially in the first state as here with the title page and plates all dated 1790. The guard-sheets are Whatman, dated 1801. Abbey Scenery 54. C
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