first edition Hardcover
1832 · London
by TOMBLESON, W[illiam] & FEARNSIDE, W[illiam] G[ray] (editor)
London: W. Tombleson and Company, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional scattered foxing, but plates mostly bright and clean; one map with two-inch closed tear. Bindings rather worn with some losses to the spine of one volume; joints rubbed but covers secure. Overall Very Good. W. Tombleson. Two small quarto (6" x 9-1/2") volumes bound in polished black calf with gilt-decorated and lettered spines. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages and 137 fine steel-engraved views as well as a long (45"!) folding panoramic map of the Rhine from Cologne to Mainz in the first volume and a large folding color map of the Upper Rhine in the second volume. (Inventory #: 022067)