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Examples of Ornamental Metal Work. SHAW (Henry).

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Examples of Ornamental Metal Work Drawn and Engraved by Henry Shaw.

Engraved title-page and 49 plates, two with original colouring.

First Edition. Small folio. [316 x 223 x 19 mm]. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style quarter olive-green goatskin, red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, untrimmed edges. (Expert repairs to joints, edges of the boards rubbed).

London: published by William Pickering, 57 Chancery Lane, 1836.

A very good copy with Proof impressions of the plates which are unusually free of foxing. Two bookplates have been discreetly removed. Acquired with the Roy Porter collection in 2002.

Stock no. ebc8431

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Examples of Ornamental Metal Work Drawn and Engraved by Henry Shaw.

Engraved title-page and 49 plates, two with original colouring.

First Edition. Small folio. [316 x 223 x 19 mm]. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style quarter olive-green goatskin, red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, untrimmed edges. (Expert repairs to joints, edges of the boards rubbed).

London: published by William Pickering, 57 Chancery Lane, 1836.

A very good copy with Proof impressions of the plates which are unusually free of foxing. Two bookplates have been discreetly removed. Acquired with the Roy Porter collection in 2002.

Stock no. ebc8431

Examples of Ornamental Metal Work Drawn and Engraved by Henry Shaw.

Engraved title-page and 49 plates, two with original colouring.

First Edition. Small folio. [316 x 223 x 19 mm]. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style quarter olive-green goatskin, red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, untrimmed edges. (Expert repairs to joints, edges of the boards rubbed).

London: published by William Pickering, 57 Chancery Lane, 1836.

A very good copy with Proof impressions of the plates which are unusually free of foxing. Two bookplates have been discreetly removed. Acquired with the Roy Porter collection in 2002.

Stock no. ebc8431