£100 - £150
Britton (John, FSA), Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; with Heraldical and Genealogical Notices of the Beckford Family, first edition, small paper copy, London: Printed for the Author, Sold by Longman et al, 1823, half-title, additional engraved architectural title, letterpress title with an elevation of the country house, 10 plates, of which 2 are hand-coloured aquatints, letterpress leaves, original publisher's boards, split, with the upper-cover and first quire detached, publisher's printed paper label with lettering enclosed in a medieval vignette, uncut, 4to
Provenance: Thomas Merriman; contemporaneous plain armorial bookplate to pastedown, but not mentioned on the list of subscribers.
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