By Rev. Isaac Taylor

Published: London John Harris

Size: 7" by4.5" Pagination: viii, 396pp.

A decorative full calf copy of this fascinating work by Rev. Isaac Taylor, featuring 66 beautiful engraved plates.

By Rev. Isaac Taylor

1839 Scenes of Commerce, by Land and Sea; or, "Where Does it Come From?"

Name: 1839 Scenes of Commerce, by Land and Sea
SKU: 827G1
Price: 125 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London John Harris

Size: 7" by4.5" Pagination: viii, 396pp.

A decorative full calf copy of this fascinating work by Rev. Isaac Taylor, featuring 66 beautiful engraved plates.

£125.00

weight: 0.75kgs / stock code: 827G1

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Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

Third edition. In a smart full calf binding with gilt detail and a gilt fore edge. Features 23 plates, with sixty-six monochrome engravings. Collated complete. A fascinating educational book about the manufacture of different materials, including accounts of agriculture, shipbuilding and mining. Includes a publishers advertisement and preface. With the previous owners inscription from Free Grammar School, Exeter, dated 1839.

Condition

In a full calf binding with gilt detail. Externally generally smart with rubbing to extremities and marks to spine. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Contemporary ink inscription on front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with just the odd spot. Heavier spotting on the plates.

Overall: Good

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