SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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NATTES, John Claude.
Bath, Illustrated by a Series of Views...

Published
London: W. Bulmer & Co., [and William Miller] 1806.
References
Abbey Scenery 41; Tooley 30; Bobins 693.
Plates
28 + 2
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
London: W. Bulmer & Co., [and William Miller] 1806.
Ref
5631

Folio, half-title, title, preface, and a list of plates. Vignette title and 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Beautiful full red morocco with gilt design to boards, decorative gilded spine compartments, gilt edges, and dentelles. Top edge gilt. Of the 28 plates, 24 were aquatinted by I. Hill and four by F.C. Lewis, and two vignettes. A scarce and attractive book. Bookplates of 'Geoffrey Ecroyd' & 'George Seton Vetch' to front pastedown. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page vignette. King's Bath. 2. A General View of Bath from the Claverton Road. 3. View of Cross Bath Street &c. 4. New Bridge &c. (Pulteney Bridge). 5. [Royal] Crescent &c. 6. Milsom Street &c. 7. South Parade. 8. Orange Grove. 9. The Pump Room &c. 10. Axford & Paragon Buildings &c. 11. North Parade. 12. Bath Wick Ferry &c. 13. Interior of the Concert Room. 14. Sydney Hotel &c. 15. The Bridges over the Canal in Sidney Gardens. 16. Old Bridge. 17. Pump-Room. 18. A General View. 19. New Room. 20. Inside of Queen's Bath. 21. Marlborough St. &c. 22. View of the Town Hall, Market & Abbey Church. 23. Interior of the Abbey. 24. Pultney-Bridge (from the North Parade). 25. Old Ferry &c. 26. Aquaduct Bridge, Claverton. 27. The Crown (Bradford-on-Avon). 28. Bradford (Old Bridge). 29. Sydney Gardens. 30. [not named ] View of Pulteney-Street.