1823, ISBN: 51e37f37caf0dfdee8cb583376dff54f

London:: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823., 1823. Royal 8vo. xii, 188 pp. 12 vividly colored plates (including frontis.), 2 etched plates (facing p. 74, 88); few gutter margins are reinfo… More...

London:: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823., 1823. Royal 8vo. xii, 188 pp. 12 vividly colored plates (including frontis.), 2 etched plates (facing p. 74, 88); few gutter margins are reinforced, burn hole at gutter margin near p. 126 affecting pages 115-140 (minor kozo repairs), plate facing p. 82 crinkled along margins with verso scratches, all other plates are very good. Original blind and gilt-stamped straight-grain dark brown morocco, a.e.g.; spine faded, extremities rubbed. Very good. Fourth edition (first published in 1818). In introducing the book, the author states, "it was my good fortune, during a season of uncommon beauty, to make a tour through some of the most interesting parts of France, and to meet with persons who, from situation and talents, were highly calculated to give my journey every charm of society and information . . . I could scarcely move a step without some novelty of picturesque enchantment." That beauty has been captured in the lovely plates within this book as they were taken from the author's drawings, executed while on location and engraved by L. Clark. Fellowes travelled some 1000 miles throughout France, during the placid months of June to September, noting the history, romance, religion or politics. A beautifully illustrated travel narrative with all 12 hand-colored plates. "The Monastery of La Trappe is one of the most ancient abbeys of the order of the Benedictines, established in 1140 by Rotrou, Comte de la Perche, as a thank offering; by 1660 its monks not only lived in luxury, but were so famous for their scandalous excesses of every kind, that they were called the Banditti of La Trappe." - Sir Theodore Andrea Cook, Old Touraine: the Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France, (1901), pp. 252-3 (vol. II). REFERENCES: Abbey Travel 86; Hardie, Martin, English Coloured Books, 313; Tooley, R. V. English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860, 212., Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823., 1823, 0<

1823, ISBN: 51e37f37caf0dfdee8cb583376dff54f

[SC: 18.55], [PU: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823., London:], FRANCE, Royal 8vo. xii, 188 pp. 12 vividly colored plates (including frontis.), 2 etched plates (facing p. 74, 88); few gutte… More...

[SC: 18.55], [PU: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823., London:], FRANCE, Royal 8vo. xii, 188 pp. 12 vividly colored plates (including frontis.), 2 etched plates (facing p. 74, 88); few gutter margins are reinforced, burn hole at gutter margin near p. 126 affecting pages 115-140 (minor kozo repairs), plate facing p. 82 crinkled along margins with verso scratches, all other plates are very good. Original blind and gilt-stamped straight-grain dark brown morocco, a.e.g.; spine faded, extremities rubbed. Very good. Fourth edition (first published in 1818). In introducing the book, the author states, "it was my good fortune, during a season of uncommon beauty, to make a tour through some of the most interesting parts of France, and to meet with persons who, from situation and talents, were highly calculated to give my journey every charm of society and information . . . I could scarcely move a step without some novelty of picturesque enchantment." That beauty has been captured in the lovely plates within this book as they were taken from the author's drawings, executed while on location and engraved by L. Clark. Fellowes travelled some 1000 miles throughout France, during the placid months of June to September, noting the history, romance, religion or politics. A beautifully illustrated travel narrative with all 12 hand-colored plates. "The Monastery of La Trappe is one of the most ancient abbeys of the order of the Benedictines, established in 1140 by Rotrou, Comte de la Perche, as a thank offering; by 1660 its monks not only lived in luxury, but were so famous for their scandalous excesses of every kind, that they were called the Banditti of La Trappe." - Sir Theodore Andrea Cook, Old Touraine: the Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France, (1901), pp. 252-3 (vol. II). REFERENCES: Abbey Travel 86; Hardie, Martin, English Coloured Books, 313; Tooley, R. V. English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860, 212.<

1818, ISBN: 51e37f37caf0dfdee8cb583376dff54f

Hardcover

[SC: 7.47], [PU: LondonPrinted for William Stockdale .], FIRST EDITION. LARGE PAPER COPY (?). 8vo. (23.75 x 14.5 cm). pp.xii+188. Later half calf over original marbled boards, spine with … More...

[SC: 7.47], [PU: LondonPrinted for William Stockdale .], FIRST EDITION. LARGE PAPER COPY (?). 8vo. (23.75 x 14.5 cm). pp.xii+188. Later half calf over original marbled boards, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Inner hinge cracked but still strong, f.f.e.p. detached but present, contents lightly toned, generally a very good copy. 12 hand-coloured aquatinted plates (one of which, the "Tomb of Abélard and Héloïse" bound as frontispiece), 2 uncoloured plates, and one mounted vignette. Apart from being an antiquarian and romantic traveller, Fellowes (1769 - 1852) observed details of the French social life during the recent political system changes, from absolute monarchy, to republic, Napoleonic Empire and back to the attempt to recreate an absolute monarchy. A second edition of the present work was published by Stockdale in the year, a third edition was published by Thomas McLean in 1820, and a fourth in 1823. (Abbey Travel, 86; Tooley, 212)., Books<