263. Boydell (John & Josiah) An History of the River Thames, 2 vol., engraved plain frontispiece, printed dedication Horace Walpole, 1 double-page engraved map of the Thames by John Cooke, 76 finely hand-coloured aquatint views including 3 double-page, some foxing and offsetting to plates, otherwise internally a remarkably good, clean copy, Alfred Harmsworth’s copy with his bookplate, bound in recent half brown morocco, black leather lettering labels, gilt, minor dampstains to fore-edges not affecting any internal pages, a large copy, [Abbey, Scenery 432], folio, 1794-96.
est. £2500 – £3500