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History and Topography of Ashbourn

History and Topography of Ashbourn

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Title:
History and Topography of Ashbourn

Date of publication:

  • 1839

    • Place of publication:

    Binding:

  • contemporary calf

    • Publisher:

  • Dawson and Hobson

    • Author:

  • Anon

    • Illustrator:

  • Samuel Rayner

    • The history and topography of Ashbourn, the valley of the Dove and the adjacent villages; with biographical sketches of eminent natives &c

    This history of Ashbourne in the Derbyshire Dales was originally issued in 20 parts between 1838 and 1839.  Read more

    Landscape artist Samuel Rayner (1806-1879) trained as a draughtsman under the antiquary John Britton, and exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy when he was just fifteen. 

    Condition & Materials
    8vo. pp. viii, [x], 372 + 22 b/w single-page plates as called for, including frontispiece and additional engraved title, mostly lithographed by Samuel Rayner, occasional slight spotting.

    Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards, slightly rubbed and scuffed; ownership signature ‘Kynnersley’ to title. 

    References
    10 examples located on worldcat
    OCLC: 54153230; 54041710; 464745723     Read less