By Samuel Buck; Ivan Hall [intro.]
Wakefield   Wakefield Historical Publications
10" by 8" xii, 420pp.
A limited edition facsimile reproduction of the British topographical sketches of Samuel Buck.
By Samuel Buck; Ivan Hall [intro.]

1979 Samuel Buck's Yorkshire Sketchbook Reproduced in facsimile from Lansdowne MS. 914 in the British Library With an introduction by Ivan Hall

Wakefield   Wakefield Historical Publications
10" by 8" xii, 420pp.
A limited edition facsimile reproduction of the British topographical sketches of Samuel Buck.
£98.00
: 1.5kgs / : 986G14

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Description

Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

A limited edition, with only 1,000 copies being produced.

In publisher's original brown cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.

With an introduction by Ivan Hall, this volume holds 420 pages of facsimile sketches by Samuel Buck, an English engraver. Often associated with his brother Nathaniel, known together as the Buck Brothers, and producing their most notable work Buck's Antiquities.

The brothers were the leading British topographical draughtsmen of the 18th century.

Condition

In publisher's cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is smart. Archival repair to head of spine. Closed tear to rear board of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Near Fine

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