CLARKE, J. & BENSLEY T.
A SERIES OF TWENTY FOUR VIEWS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
SELECTED FROM SIR ROBERT AINSLIE'S CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS IN PALESTINE, EGYPT, SYRIA, CORINTH, EPHESUS, & C. &C. &C.First edition
Year: Circa 1817
Size: 34 x 24 cm (13.5 x 9.5 inches).
No. of Illustrations: 24 Hand-colored Aquatint Plates
Paper Watermarked ‘J Whatman 1809’
Published by: R. Bowyer.
First edition, small folio. Paginated. 24 hand-colored plates 'Engraved and colored by hand by and under the direction of J. Clarke. with a Geographical and Historical Account of Each view'- from title page. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards, title in gilt on spine. 'Engraved and coloured by, and under the direction of J. Clarke. with a Geographical and Historical Account of Each view'
First edition of a series of beautiful hand-coloured aquatints, depicting scenes from the Holy Scriptures.
Good copy with beautiful aquatints in original binding.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Excellent Condition
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