The Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire From Drawings by William Richardson Arrh. With Historical Descriptions by the Rev. Edward Churton. M.A. Lithographed by George Hawkins.
York: Robert Sunter, c.1843. Binding: Original green half morocco with matching marbled boards. 6 raised bands in 7 compartments, tooled gilt rules, tooled gilt lettering and elaborate design on the spine, marbled free and pasted end papers, Notes: An architectural and landscape engraver , George Hawkins (1809-1852) turned his attention to lithography, in which he was very successful. He was frequently employed by architects in colouring their designs for various edifices, many of which were exhitibted in the architectural room of the Royal Academy. One of his most important undertakings was a series of lithographs of the “Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire” from sketches made by W. Richardson. For the above projects he worked closely with prominent printers Day and Hague which were also the printers for the celebrated works of David Roberts of Holyland and Egypt.
Abbey (248), DNB.
, Size: Large Folio: 450mm x 606m, Illustration: Illustrated with 55 hand colored full page plates, 25 half page plates, and one map, 2 frontispieces. , Volume: Two Volumes, References: Abbey (248, 381), DNB., Pages: P. Vol1: Blank, Frontis, Title, Contents (1), Intro (v-ix), 11-56, blank; Vol 2: Blank, Frontis, Blank, 57-88, blank., Category: Book Plate Books Colour; Book Europe United Kingdom;. Edges gilt, all plates are clean and crisp and beautifully hand colored, A very handsome and fine set in original dark green half morocco. Frontispiece with a small library stamp on the lower right corner of the margin not affecting the plate. Item #B4090
Binding: Original green half morocco with matching marbled boards. 6 raised bands in 7 compartments, tooled gilt rules, tooled gilt lettering and elaborate design on the spine, marbled free and pasted end papers, Notes: An architectural and landscape engraver , George Hawkins (1809-1852) turned his attention to lithography, in which he was very successful. He was frequently employed by architects in colouring their designs for various edifices, many of which were exhitibted in the architectural room of the Royal Academy. One of his most important undertakings was a series of lithographs of the “Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire” from sketches made by W. Richardson. For the above projects he worked closely with prominent printers Day and Hague which were also the printers for the celebrated works of David Roberts of Holyland and Egypt.
Abbey (248), DNB.
, Size: Large Folio: 450mm x 606m, Illustration: Illustrated with 55 hand colored full page plates, 25 half page plates, and one map, 2 frontispieces. , Volume: Two Volumes, References: Abbey (248, 381), DNB., Pages: P. Vol1: Blank, Frontis, Title, Contents (1), Intro (v-ix), 11-56, blank; Vol 2: Blank, Frontis, Blank, 57-88, blank., Category: Book Plate Books Colour; Book Europe United Kingdom;.
Price: $12,500.00