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three books are lined up in a row on a white surfacean old book with a picture of a castle on itseveral old books are lined up in a row on a shelfa painting of a large building in the middle of a fieldsix red leather books stacked on top of each other on a white surfacea painting of a castle in the middle of a fieldan old book with a picture of a man on a horse in a framea picture of a painting of a castle on a hillsix old books sitting on top of each other on a white surface
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188 - MORRIS, Francis Orpen. ‎A Series of Picturesque Views (.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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MORRIS, Francis Orpen. ‎A Series of Picturesque Views (.) of Great Britain and Ireland. London, William Mackenzie, 1880. In-4 (28 x 22 cm). Paperback, bound in the publisher’s rust-coloured percaline, with black and gilt titles and embossed motifs on the covers and spine. 6 vols., each illustrated with 40 chromolithographic plates. Slight scuffing to the caps, foxing on the endpapers; plates in very good condition. First edition. Originally published in instalments between 1864 and 1880 by Longman, under the title: "The county seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland", then by D. Banks in Leeds; the work was finally sold by subscription in six volumes in 1880 by William Mackenzie. Each volume is magnificently illustrated with 40 colour chromolithographic plates, protected by endpapers (including the title vignette). The text is the work of the Irish clergyman, ornithologist and entomologist Francis Orpen Morris (1810–1893), whilst the plates, of great beauty, were drawn by the illustrator Alexander Francis Lydon (1836/37–1917) and printed by Benjamin Fawcett (1808–1893) using the Baxter process. This technically demanding process required a separate woodblock for each colour, resulting in remarkable precision and depth. A beautiful, complete set in the publisher’s original cardboard slipcase.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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