[Rarebooks] FS: 1824 Folio Art Manual with Lovely Hand-Colored Plates

[Charles Agvent]

CLARK, John Heaviside. A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF GILPIN'S DAY, 
REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS EFFECTS ON LANDSCAPE SCENERY FROM MORNING TILL 
NIGHT, IN THIRTY DESIGNS FROM NATURE; BY THE REV. WM. GILPIN, A.M. With 
Instructions in, and Explanation of, the Improved Method of Colouring, 
and Painting in Water Colours. London: Priestley and Weale, 1824. First 
Edition. A reissue of the 1811 edition with a new title page. Folio (11" 
x 15-1/4") bound in modern half red morocco leather with matching 
corners, marble paper sides, gilt-lettered and ruled spine. Illustrated 
with 30 lovely hand-colored plates, margins with light gray wash and 
dark gray lines, numbered in manuscript with tissue guards. Instructions 
for painting various aspects of the day: sunrise, cloudy morning, 
rainbow, lightning, waning moon, etc. Small bookplate of Charles Benson 
on the front pastedown. Clean text and plates in an attractive binding. 
Near Fine. (#019978)   $3,000

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