Beschreibung:

Turner (Joseph Mallord William)
LIBER FLUVIORUM OR RIVER SCENERY OF FRANCE
Depicted in Sixty-One Line Engravings from drawings by J.M. W. Turner. With descriptive letter-press by Leitch Ritchie, and a biographical sketch by Alaric A. Watts.
Published: Henry G. Bohn, London, 1857
vi, 336 pages, frontispiece, 61 black and white plates with slight offsetting on the backs of the plates, foxing on the preliminary pages, original blue cloth blind stamped with gold vignette on the upper cover, decorative gilt on the spine, edges gilt, slightly worn along the edges of the covers, and at the corners, starting to wear at the front hinge, bookbinders ticket on the back pastedown endpaper - bound by Burn, a good copy. Additional engraved title page with vignette reads: "The Rivers of France from drawings by J.M.W.Turner. London, Henry George Bohn, 1853." Bookplate of Edna and Frank Bradlow on a front free endpaper. Engraver: John Cousen (British, Bradford 1804-1880 South Norwood) Engraver: Thomas Higham (British, baptised Bramfield, Suffolk 1795-1844 London) Engraver: Robert Brandard (British, Birmingham 1805-1862 London) Engraver: Robert William Wallis (British, London 1794-1878 Hove, Sussex) Engraver: W. R. Smith (British, active 1826-52) Engraver: James Baylis Allen (British, Birmingham 1803-1876 London) Engraver: William Radclyffe (British, Birmingham 1783-1855 Birmingham) Engraver: Thomas Jeavons (British, baptized Birmingham 1795-1867 Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales) Engraver: James Tibbits Willmore (British, Handsworth 1800-1863 London) Engraver: William Miller (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1796-1882 Sheffield) Engraver: John Carr Armytage (British, London 1802-1897) Engraver: J. Smith (British, 1800-1850) Engraver: S. Fisher (British, active mid-19thCentury) http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/358178 Overall Condition: A Good Copy Size: 4to (270 x 220 mm)