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The Thames : from Oxford to the Tower

Title: The Thames : from Oxford to the Tower / by William Senior (Red Spinner); illustrated with thirty original painters'-etchings by Francis S. Walker.
Author: Senior, William, 1838-1920.
Publication: London : John C. Nimmo, 1891

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Description

xii, 120 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill.; 30 cm.

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Genre/Form

Cloth printings (Printing) – Great Britain – 19th century.
Special materials printings (Printing) – Great Britain – 19th century.
Drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
Watercolors – Great Britain – 19th century.
Wash drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.

Note

"The entire edition of this work consists of: 1. Twenty-five copies printed on Japan Vellum paper, with duplicate set of the etchings ... printed on white satin, and numbered 1-25. 2. Twenty-five copies printed on Japan Vellum paper, with the etchings on the same. Numbered 26-50. 3. Two hundred and sixty copies printed on superfine paper, with the etchings on hand-made paper. Numbered 51-310. Type distributed"--Publisher's note, p. [ii].
Printed in red and black.
Illustrations: 30 prints : etching, b&w, bistre ; full-page. Painted and etched by F.S. Walker; printed by F. Goulding, London. Copies numbered 1-25 contain a suite of the etchings printed on satin, for a total of 60 leaves of plates. -- Ornamental headpieces; ornamental initials, printed in red; wood-engraved tailpieces, chiefly depicting fish.

Binding (note)

By Zaehnsdorf (signed at foot of front doublure). Olive green crushed levant morocco, gilt, with maroon morocco inlays; doublures of dark green calf with black calf and olive green crushed levant borders, gilt, with water lily and rush designs in inlaid white and green morocco; end leaves of gray brocaded silk in a water and water insect design.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1891 10-228

OCLC

9025939

Author

Senior, William, 1838-1920.

Title

The Thames : from Oxford to the Tower / by William Senior (Red Spinner); illustrated with thirty original painters'-etchings by Francis S. Walker.

Imprint

London : John C. Nimmo, 1891 (Edinburgh ; London : Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.)

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 2; printed on Japan Vellum paper, with the suite of the etchings printed on satin.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy extra-illustrated with 10 original black and neutral watercolor and wash drawings by F.S. Walker, on half title leaf (2) and margins of p. [9], 23, 32, 34, 36, 45, 54 and 67.

Binding

By Zaehnsdorf (signed at foot of front doublure). Olive green crushed levant morocco, gilt, with maroon morocco inlays; doublures of dark green calf with black calf and olive green crushed levant borders, gilt, with water lily and rush designs in inlaid white and green morocco; end leaves of gray brocaded silk in a water and water insect design. NN

Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Walker, Francis Sylvester, 1848-1916. Etcher

Goulding, Frederick, 1842-1909. Printer of plates

John C. Nimmo (Firm) Publisher

Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. Printer

Zaehnsdorf (Firm) Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1891 10-228

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