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[ANDERDON, JOHN LAVICOUNT]
The River Dove with some quiet thoughts on the happy picture of Angling
London: William Pickering 1847. Hard Cover. 12mo., pp. [iv] + [1]-296 + [2] ads; 1847. Later three-quarter red morocco and red cloth gilt; raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments; t.e.g.; mild discoloration to cloth on boards; marbled endpapers; clean throughout; near fine. First Pickering edition which reprints the first edition, privately published in 1825 in an edition of only 25 copies. Stately design as one might expect from Pickering. Written primarily in the form of a dialogue between angler and painter. Near Fine. [Book #20069] |