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TUNBRIDGE WELLS
AMSINCK (PAUL) Tunbridge Wells, and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions, FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY, William Miller, and Edmund Lloyd, 1810

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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TUNBRIDGE WELLS

AMSINCK (PAUL) Tunbridge Wells, and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions, FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY, half-title, 31 engraved plates by Letitia Byrne, several engraved vignettes, extra-illustrated with 38 mostly engraved plates and illustrations, full polished calf gilt by Tout, sides with elaborate panel decorations, spine richly tooled in compartments within raised bands, g.e., upper joint slightly tender, large 4to, William Miller, and Edmund Lloyd, 1810

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FINELY BOUND, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY, WITH GOOD TUNBRIDGE WELLS PROVENANCE.

Provenance: Sir David Salomons, of Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells, armorial bookplate. Salomons (1797-1873) was a founder of the London and Westminster Bank and (in 1855), the first Jewish lord mayor of London, and an MP for Greenwich. His country seat at Broomhill, near Tunbridge Wells was designed for him by Decimus Burton.

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