Portugal Illustrated in a Series Of Letters.

£1,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

This work contains much information of historical and geographical interest. An attractive set of costume plates depicting 36 costumes after drawings by Pugin (Preface). First edition; tall 8vo (26.5 x 18 cm); complete with 21 engraved plates mounted on India proof paper including folding frontispiece, folding map, engraved title, 9 hand-coloured aquatint costume plates, 19 in-text woodcut vignettes, bookplate to front pastedown, slight foxing to plates and adjacent leaves; contemporary full gilt ruled calf, gilt spine with gilt red morocco lettering piece, board edges gilt rolled, turn-ins blind rolled, all edges marbled, boards a little rubbed, a very good copy; xvii, [2], 500, [2]pp. Abbey (Travel), 142; Colas 1612; Lipperheide 1218.

• Binding: Hardcover

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