Payne's Orbis Pictus; Or Book Of Beauty For Every Table
Dresden and Leipzig: Published for the Proprietors by A.H. Payne, Nd [1851]. First Edition. half leather. Quarto: pp. [4] 1-240 [2, blank] : 90 tissue guarded steel engravings including hand coloured vignette title : Index : marbled eps : t.e.g. : half leather over green boards.
Corners scuffed; joints a tad worn; 1cm strip of leather removed from title panel near front joint; occasional age toned leaf and plate; variously foxed throughout. Good. Item #2367
A book of reflections on the many paintings here reproduced, with emphasis on beauty, romance, travel and adventure.
Price: $220.00
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