Daniell, William
A Voyage round Great Britain
£8,820
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall, by Richard Ayton. With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast, drawn and Engraved by William Daniell. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and William Daniell, 1814-25. 8 volumes, 4to (36.7 x 25cm), contemporary russia gilt, heraldic crests gilt to top compartments of spines, twin triple-fillet borders gilt to covers, all edges gilt, 308 hand-coloured aquatint plates, uncoloured engraved plate, engraved folding map to rear of volume 8, bookplates of Fairfax Rhodes (overlaid with later bookplates of Sylvia White in volumes 5 and 8), volumes 1, 2, 7 and 8 rebacked with original spines laid down, joints of remaining volumes rubbed, volumes 3-5 with slight cracking to front joints, volume 7 rear board detached, occasional spotting and offsetting to text, a few plates spotted (generally light), plates in volume 3 extended along fore margins at an early date, closed handling tear to folding map [Abbey Scenery 16; Prideaux pp. 279-80; Tooley 177]
Footnote
Note: First edition of 'the most important colour plate book on British topography' (Tooley). 'Such a succession of beautiful colour plates is scarcely to be found elsewhere, and they are unsurpassed both in delicacy of drawing and tinting' (Prideaux). On publication the work was priced at £60. This copy retains the folding 'Index chart to the Voyage', 'not usually included' according to Tooley, and unmentioned in Abbey.