Boydell’s Picturesque Scenery of Norway; With the Pricipal Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour through the Country, and Revised and Corrected by William Tooke. In two volumes.
Boydell’s Picturesque Scenery of Norway; With the Pricipal Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour through the Country, and Revised and Corrected by William Tooke. In two volumes. - Bilde 2
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EDY,
JOHN WILLIAMS

A fine copy of the first edition of «the most important English colour plate book on Norway»

Boydell’s Picturesque Scenery of Norway; With the Pricipal Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour through the Country, and Revised and Corrected by William Tooke. In two volumes.

London: Published by Hurst, Robinson, and co. Cheapside; Late Boydell and Co, 1820. Large Folio, 473 x 312 mm. Two parts with two title-pages in one volume. Complete with preliminary text, text to plates and 80 finely aquatint plates, coloured in contemporary hand. Plates with English and Norwegian text, numbered; except plate 1-10, dated 1811-1817. Text with a few minor spots, otherwise a very clean and well preserved copy. With all tissue guards.Contemporary sprinkled full calf. Spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettering and red morocco labels. Preserved in a morocco box. Schiötz 295a**. .

kr 360,000.00