SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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PARROT, W.
London from the Thames.

Published
London: Henry Brooks, and C. Hullmandel, [ca.1840].
References
Abbey Scenery 237; Bobins 701.
Plates
13
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
London: Henry Brooks, and C. Hullmandel, [ca.1840].
Ref
5662

Oblong folio, lithographed title, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue guards mounted on card, preserved in a blue cloth-covered box, red morocco label gilt on upper cover and spine. A special edition with rich original colouring. A RARE WORK. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Westminster & Hungerford from Waterloo Bridge. 3. Somerset House, St. Paul's & Blackfriars Bridge from Waterloo Bridge. 4. Waterloo Bridge from the West with a Boat Race. 5. Lambeth & Westminster from Millbank. 6. Southwark Bridge from London Bridge. 7. The Pool, from London Bridge. Morning. 8. The Pool, looking towards London Bridge. 9. London Bridge from the Pool. 10. West India Docks from the South East. 11. Greenwich and the Dreadnought. 12. Ship Building at Limehouse... 13. Chelsea with part of the Old Church & Sir Hans Sloane's Tomb.