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William BEATTIE

L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.

Virtue et Ferrier, Londres & Paris 1838, 2 tomes en 2 Vol. in 4 (21x27,5cm), relié.

First Edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), a colored plate and 117 inset steel (with serpentes) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. . Stunning artwork, English writers were at this time particularly prized for their quality workmanship and the French publishers spent ample orders in England to illustrate their books. Full Publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large golden plate special (weapons and symbols of Scotland) with flat sheepskin burgundy stamped a large decorative floral plate cold. Gilt edges. Magnificent, rare binding English publisher, despite some flaws: a slight lack in head of Volume I; head cover of Volume II strongly threadbare; corners bumped and some rubbing to edges. Rare spots scattered pale (almost non-existent on the text), mainly caused by the margins and serpentes but strong on 2 tracks. History of Scotland, its particularities, its monuments ... --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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