A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol.

£2,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A charming description of the road from London to Bath and Bristol with hand-coloured scenes showing manorial houses and architectural must-sees, including a stormy and foreboding Stonehenge. Also issued in large paper (Abbey Scenery p.25). First edition; 2 vols in 1, 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm), half-title in vol. one; 65 hand-coloured engraved plates, 11 maps of which 10 folding, some light offsetting from plates otherwise clean internally; 19th-century full blue straight-grained morocco rebacked later in matching morocco, boards gilt rolled, board edges and turn-ins gilt rolled, spine decorated and lettered in gilt in six compartments, all edges speckled red, later endpapers, extremities a little rubbed; [4], xv, [1], 154, vii, [1], 190, [2]pp. Abbey (Scenery), 24; ESTC T100355; Lowndes 2105.

• Binding: Hardcover

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