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Natural History, Science, Sport, Travel
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Bloomsbury House
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Rouargue (Adolphe) and Thomas Shotter Boys. Architecture Pittoresque Dessinée d'Après Nature, 48 plates including vignette title, lithographs, some spotting throughout, occasionally heavy, bookseller's inkstamp in upper right corner of title, contemporary blue half-morocco over marbled boards, edges slightly worn, marbled endpapers, folio (515 x 340mm.), Paris, Delpech, 1835.***Dating from the latter part of his long sojourn in Paris, when Thomas Shotter Boys came heavily under the influence of Bonington, before he returned to London in 1837, this work was a precursor to his better known productions, Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen (1839), and London As It Is (1842). See lot ******* for two of his preparatory sketches.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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