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CONDY, Nicholas.
F.V.J. Arundel.
Cothele, on the Banks of the Tamar, the ancient Seat of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Mount Edgumbe...
A very scarce pictorial guide to the Cornish manor house, 'Cotehele.' It is a medieval house with Tudor additions in the parish of Calstock. Condy was an English landscape painter from Cornwall and became a professional printer at Plymouth. With the text written by Reverend F. V. J. Arundell. A very scarce, unique history of this important house which was the second home of the Edgcumbe family for many years.
- Published
- London: By the author, [ca. 1840].
- References
- Abbey Scenery 414; Bobins III 844. Not in Tooley.
- Plates
- 17
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: By the author, [ca. 1840].
- Ref
- 624
Folio pp. 35 hand-coloured lithographic titles, a lithographic dedication, and plan spotted 16 hand-coloured lithographic plates heightened with gum; modern brown morocco green cloth with the gilt-decorated portion of the original brown cloth upper cover preserved as a heraldic inset; spine with red label lettered in gilt. Exterior and interior views peopled with figures of Cothele by the Cornish water-colourist. 'The building remains as it stood in the time of Henry VII, and all the rooms retain their ancient furniture, and the latest is not more modern than the reign of Elizabeth.' It is now the property of the National Trust. MS ink ownership inscription: "Lindsay Eardon, 182 Wake Green Rd, Mosely, Birmingham 13" to front free endpaper. Some plates are spotted, but a good copy. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. The Entrance. 3. The Quadrangle. 4. Hall. 5. The Hall. 6. The Hall. 7. Dining Room. 8. Ante Room. 9. The Chapel. 10. Chapel in the Wood. 11. The White Room. 12. The Red Room. 13. The Best Bed Room. 14. King Charles' Room. 15. The Western Tower. 16. The Drawing Room. 17. The Kitchen.
