Buy this book on-line R[ichard] Dagley; [Thomas Gaspey] : Takings; or, the Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley, Author of “Select Gems from the Antique,” “A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Drawing and Painting,” &c. &cWarren & Whittaker, London, 1821.
Contemporary ½ calf with blind borders and marble boards, spine in six densely gilt compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two, edges speckled red, blue endpapers. , Minor chipping to head of spine; minor brownspot affecting centre of final six leaves, including final plate (“Taking Caudle”). Apart from that and minor offsetting from the plates onto the adjacent page, the book is in very good condition, text and plates are generally clean and crisp., 8vo., P. (4), blank, frontis, title, printer’s imprint, dedication iii-iv, advertisement v-vii, blank, “ludicrous in art” ix-xxxix, blank, half-title, blank, introduction (4), list of plates, blank, half-title, blank, 5-184, (4)., Complete with 26 hand-coloured caricature plates by the author. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of R[ichard] Dagley; [Thomas Gaspey] : Takings; or, the Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley, Author of “Select Gems from the Antique,” “A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Drawing and Painting,” &c. &c. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, incunabula, livres anciens, rare books and livres illustres. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |