1972 Aquatint and Lithography Bibliographical Catalogues 1770-1860

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Scarce

A lovely set of four aquatint and lithography bibliographical catalogues by J.R. Abbey.

The works were first published and printed privately at the Curwen Press in 1957, with these being reprinted volumes, authorized by The Trustees of the late J.R. Abbey.

John Roland Abbey was an English book collector and high sheriff who served two years on the Western Front in 1914.

He became the largest English book collector of his time, starting in 1929 by buying books from various private presses, eventually gaining complete collections of books from the Kelmscott, Ashendene and Gwasg Gregynog presses. He eventually came to own over 13,000 books. 

The set includes:

Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 From the Library of J.R. Abbey Volume I World, Europe, Africa
Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, 20 plates, and further in text illustrations. 

Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 From the Library of J.R. Abbey; A Bibliographical Catalogue Volume II Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, America
Illustrated with 16 plates, and further in text illustrations. 

Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 From the Library of J.R. Abbey; A Bibliographical Catalogue
Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, 34 plates, and further in text illustrations. 

Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panoramas, Etc. From the Library of J.R. Abbey; A Bibliographical Catalogue
Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, 32 plates, and further in text illustrations. 

All collated, complete.

In the original cloth bindings.