LARGE PAPER COPY
A visit to goodwood, near chichester, seat of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, with an appendix, descriptive of an ancient painting.
Chichester.
Published by the Author...Printed by W. Mason, 1822.
First edition.
8vo.
Large paper copy. 127pp, [1]. With a half-title, a list of subscribers, and a frontispiece and two further plates engraved by J. Kennerley. Later half-calf, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, marginal tears to leaves B4 and F1, foxed.
'To describe every valuable and ornamental appendage which has a place in this library, would much exceed the limits of the present undertaking, suffice it to add, that here the curious will be gratified, and even the most fastidious Bibliophist find food amongst the nine thousand volumes on the shelves around.'
The large paper edition, published by subscription, of a room-by-room description of the contents of Goodwood, seat of the Dukes of Richmond.
Compiled by the estate librarian, the work documents the artwork, furniture, and elaborate fixtures of, inter alia, the Egyptian dining room, wainscot library, grand library, and study, as well as the outbuildings, including the stables, dairy, and kennels; the latter designed by architect James Wyatt (1746-1813) at cost of £6,000.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 34688
The large paper edition, published by subscription, of a room-by-room description of the contents of Goodwood, seat of the Dukes of Richmond.
Compiled by the estate librarian, the work documents the artwork, furniture, and elaborate fixtures of, inter alia, the Egyptian dining room, wainscot library, grand library, and study, as well as the outbuildings, including the stables, dairy, and kennels; the latter designed by architect James Wyatt (1746-1813) at cost of £6,000.
