[Rarebooks] FS: Carne's SYRIA & THE HOLY LAND with 120 steel-engraved views by Bartlett, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Thu Jun 2 14:24:17 EDT 2016
Price reduced to $1000 NET
[BARTLETT, W. H.] CARNE, John. SYRIA, THE HOLY LAND, ASIA MINOR, &C.
ILLUSTRATED. IN A SERIES OF VIEWS DRAWN FROM NATURE. London, Paris &
America: Fisher, Son, & Co., [1836-38]. Three quarto (8" x 10-3/4")
volumes bound into two; contemporary full blue polished calf.
Illustrated with 2 maps, 3 engraved title pages, and 117 steel-engraved
views by W. H. Bartlett, William Purser, and others. The plates all have
tissue guards and are generally very clean with some of the tissue
guards foxed. East Sussex County Library bookplates on the front
pastedowns, each with a discard stamp. Bindings are in quite lovely
condition with a few bumped corners and occasional rubbing. The gilt on
the spines is bright with an interesting lion and castle motif stamped
on each top spine panel. Near Fine with bright, clean plates.
(#013148) $1,750.00
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