SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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BRANDLING, Henry Charles.
Views in the North of France.

Published
London: 1848.
References
Abbey Travel 98; Bobins 513.
Plates
12
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
London: 1848.
Ref
5522

Folio, subscription list, (2 additional names in MS) text descriptive of the 12 (loose) hand-coloured lithographs, all heightened in gum Arabic. Mounted on card; text volume in publisher's original yellow wrappers. Card portfolio as issued with letterpress within tinted vignette and publisher's blind-stamped device on the rear. Bookplate of 'Norman R. Bobins'. All housed in a beige linen portfolio in a matching modern beige linen box, with a small label on the spine. Plates include: Cathedrals of Amiens & Rouen, as well as views of Dieppe, Chateau d'Eau and Caudebec. Coloured plates in order: 1. Chateau d'Eau, with a facade towards the garden. 2. Portion of the Interior of the Church of Eu, situated behind the principal altar. The Lady Chapel is in the distance. 3. Chateau d'Eau, showing the whole front and garden. 4. Church of St. Jaques, Dieppe. West Front. 5. Amiens Cathedral from the East, shewing South Transept, Centre Spire, Lady Chapel, and exterior of the Choir. 6. Entrance to the South Transept of Amiens Cathedral. 7. Palais de Justice, Rouen. 8. Tour de Beurre, one of the West Towers of Rouen Cathedral, taken from the Market Place, in front of the entrance to the South Transept. 9. View of Rouen Cathedral, shewing the Centre Tower and South Transept, with the doorway from the Market Place. 10. Church of St. Vincent, Rouen, showing the West Entrance. 11. Church at Caudebec, taken from the Market Place. 12. Market Place, Caudebec.