AUTHOR: HASSELL, John.
TITLE: Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, thirty miles round the British Metropolis.
PUBLISHER: London: for J. Hassell, 1817 & 1818.
DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER COPY FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., 8-1/2" x 5-9/16", complete with the half-titles, illustrated with 120 hand colored plates, bound in full straight grained red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, covers triple ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, with their exhibition stamp to the rear pastedown.
CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, some minor foxing to title-pages, otherwise internally clean and bright with no offsetting to plates.
A truly FINE COPY of the large paper edition.
REFERENCE: Abbey, Scenery, 218. Tooley 251.