Architecture. Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, ...

Hammer

£80

Architecture. Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &c. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and other Picturesque Scenery [...], London: Published by Jones & Co., January 1st, 1829, engraved title-page, approx. 96 steel-engraved plates of country houses after John Preston Neale, corresponding letterpress leaves, contemporary Regency maroon morocco, the covers with a gilt-rolled border of anthemia, five-compartment spine with slightly raised bands, lettered in the second, stable tear near head-cap, slight rubbed wear, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to; [&] Noble & Rose's The Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland, Illustrated. From Original Drawings by Thomas Allom. With Historical and Topographical Descriptions. London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1836, engraved frontispiece and title, named-view steel engraved architectural, antiquarian and topographical plates, contemporary black diced calf gilt, gilt-lettered upper-cover, marbled endpapers, 4to, (2) 


Provenance: 1st: 1) Susannah Parsons Nottingham Park/ November 24 1834; slightly later pencil ownership inscription to ffep. 2) George Creswell Bond (1863-1939), of Lenton Hall, Nottingham; armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.