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Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire

1843réf. 1177231843. First Edition. RICHARDSON William. The Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire. York: Robert Sunter 1843. Two Volumes. Elephant folio 18 by 24 inches early cloth rebacked and recornered in later dark green morocco all edges gilt. $6500.First edition of this monumental production with two hand-colored title pages a hand-colored dedication leaf 34 hand-colored full-page plates 24 hand-colored half-page plates 22 uncolored full-page plates some tinted and a map.The dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in the 16th century left Yorkshire with a rich collection of monastic ruins captured here in a series of plates by artist William Richardson in a work that rivals the great Holy Land by David Roberts. Locations included here are Whitby Abbey Kirkstall Abbey St. Mary's York Rievaulx and Kirkham Abbeys Fountains Roche Abbey Byland and Newborough Guisborough Mount Grace Selby Abbey Bolton Priory Bridlington Priory Old Malton Priory Joraulx Abbey Sallay Abbey Sawley Abbey Monk Bretton Priory Coverham Abbey Eggleston Abbey Easby Abbey Grey Friars Richmond Howden Kirkham Priory Marrick Nun-Monkton Ellerton and Rosedale Priory. The plates were printed by the lithographic firm of William Day frequently referred to as ""Day and Hague"" because of the fine work of Belgian draughtsman and watercolorist Louis Haghe the foremost lithographer of his time. ""The firm of Day and Haghe raised lithography to perhaps the highest point it ever attained"" Abbey 340. Perhaps not surprisingly this is the same firm that printed Roberts' Holy Land. Issued in two versions one entirely uncolored and the other with many of the plates hand-colored. This copy without the uncolored plate labeled number 49 by Abbey not present or listed in the uncolored copies and often not present but in the plate list in colored copies; in this copy Abbey's plate number 74 ""Howden Tombs"" has been bound in its place. Abbey Life 381. Scattered foxing to some text and plates. An impressive production. hardcover books

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Richardson, Charles JamesABAA

Studies from Old English Mansions: Their Furniture Gold & Silver Plate Etc. First Second Third and Fourth Series. In Four Volumes

1848réf. 36970London: T. McLean 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. English architect Charles James Richardson 1788 - 1875 studied under Sir John Soane and designed the Earl of Harrington's mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens. He also conducted multiple design studies while traveling around England including this impressive set which features drawings of architectural elements such as stairways entrances ceilings and ironwork as well as decorative pieces of furniture vases silverwork etc. from multiple English Mansions. Some of the mansions were studied while in disrepair or partial ruin. Includes the Gorhamburg House in Hertfordshire Montacute House in Somersetshire Old Town Hall in Nantwich Charlton House in Wiltshire and many more. Elephant Folios. All four volumes are bound in matching quarter red leather over green moire cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spines. Ex-library with remnants of white markings to spines and inconspicuous number stamps to top margins of title pages in each volume. All volumes have wear and rubbing to joints edges corners and spine ends. Rubbing and minor soiling to boards and spines. Foxing to margins of many pages heaviest on first and last few pages of each volume. A few non-consecutive plates in various volumes have dampstaining to margins which suggests this may have occured prior to binding. Occasional smudge marks and spots of soiling. Occasional small pencil markings to margins. Star sticker partially covering penned ownership name to each front pastedown. Partial loss to edge of front pastedown in fourth volume. All plates have tissue guards; however some are creased and some have small tears. The first volume includes a small bound in descriptive four page booklet that offers details about each of the unnumbered 25 plates. It accounts for 25 plates; however one of them is actually a double plate. The other three volumes include plates with descriptive text of the mansions depicted bordered with architectural details. Aside from the booklet in the first volume there are no lists of plates the plates are unnumbered and there is no pagination. Some plates are in black and white; however most are in duotone and a few are in color. Volume I: title page dedication page 25 plates including a double 2 page plate; Volume II: title page full color dedication page 35 pages; Volume III: title page dedication page 38 plates including a double or 2 page plate; Volume IV: title page dedication page 37 plates. Size: 19.75 x 13.5 inches. Unpaginated. ARCH/122623. T. McLean hardcover books

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Richardson, SamuelABAA

THE HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. IN EIGHT VOLUMES

1776réf. 1360300London: John Donaldson 1776. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 vii-ix 3 345 2 Vol. 1; 315 1 Vol. 2; 223-2991 Vol. 3; 3-308 1 Vol. 4; 3-324 1 Vol. 5; 3-320 Vol. 6; 3-322 Vol. 7; 3-346 1 Vol. 8. Good; bound in contemporary leather with burgundy and gilt spine titles some areas of discoloration to covers wear and slight tears to spine edges and corners all volumes are in protective plastic covers; some boards slightly shaken bindings else tight; text blocks age toned but clean; pages clean; half-title in Vol. 1 only; previous owner names in ink on ffeps "Jannett McCurdy's;" "AH Has ; J.C. Jennings;" long transcription of an extract from Chateaubriand in ink to front matter of Vol. 1 and dedication see Notes. Shelved above WWI. Samuel Richardson 1689 - 1761 was an English writer and printer known for his epistolary novels. He printed almost 500 works including journals and magazines working periodically with the London bookseller Andrew Millar. Richardson had been apprenticed to a printer whose daughter he eventually married. He lost her along with five sons but remarried and had four daughters who reached adulthood but had no male heirs to continue the print shop. As it ran down he wrote his first novel at the age of 51 and joined the admired authors of his day. via Wikipedia Much like the Bertrams in Mansfield Park Jane Austen and her siblings were fond of putting on "theatricals" at home for their friends and neighbors. In 1793 at the age of eighteen Jane Austen began writing and shortly afterwards abandoned a dramatic adaptation of this work entitled "Sir Charles Grandison or the happy Man a comedy in 6 acts." She completed it in 1800. Extract copied into Volume 1: "Of all representations of madness says dr. Joseph Warton that of Clementina's is most deeply interesting. I know not whether even the madness of Lear is wrought up and expressed by so many little strokes of nature & passion - it is absolute pedantry to prefer and compare the madness of Orestes in Euripides to this of Clementina" Richardson has founded the excellence of his good characters entirely upon a Christian basis. He has exemplified the beautiful ideal of human nature -- the character of Clementina Sir Charles Grandison and Clarissa Harlowe are the most virtuous amiable accomplish'd and noble that can well be imagined -- they are supported with strict propriety & elevated by uncommon dignity -- and charm the reader while they command his admiration -- they show that mankind are truly happy only in proportion as they listen to the dictates of conscience and follow the path of duty --- where could Richardson a bookseller and a printer immersed in the occupation of his shop and his press acquire such a correct acquaintance with high life and refined society such exalted sentiments of religion honor love freindship and philanthropy as he has displayed in his works -- Where did he acquire such a command over our feelings such a power "to open the sacred source of sympathetic tears" The best answer to these questions is -- that he deriv'd those treasures from the rich resources of his own mind from the study of the bible and a quick insight into human nature & character. He has been justly styled "the great master of the human heart" -- "the Shakespeare of romance." -- Clarissa Harlowe -- & Sir Charles Grandison are long works because they are designed to develop the springs of human action and give a distinct view of the progressive various and complex movement of the human mind - Prolixity is made the pretext of the frivolous novel readers of the present age to neglect these invaluable works - alltho if they be weighed in the balance of literary justice they will be found to comprise as much if not more sterling excellence than half the novels that have been written since their publication." Transcribed from The Beauties of Christianity pp. 103-104 by Chateaubriand tr. 1813 Frederic Shoberl There is a dedication in the same hand as the extract _______ "from her dear mother" on the recto of the title facing page. The dedicatee's name has been scratched out. 1360300. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Donaldson hardcover books

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