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MADEIRA BULWER (JAMES) Views in the Madeiras Executed on Stone... after Drawings Made from Nature, FIRST EDITION, C. & J. Rivington, 1827 image 1
MADEIRA BULWER (JAMES) Views in the Madeiras Executed on Stone... after Drawings Made from Nature, FIRST EDITION, C. & J. Rivington, 1827 image 2
MADEIRA BULWER (JAMES) Views in the Madeiras Executed on Stone... after Drawings Made from Nature, FIRST EDITION, C. & J. Rivington, 1827 image 3
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MADEIRA
BULWER (JAMES) Views in the Madeiras Executed on Stone... after Drawings Made from Nature, FIRST EDITION, C. & J. Rivington, 1827

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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MADEIRA

BULWER (JAMES) Views in the Madeiras Executed on Stone... after Drawings Made from Nature, FIRST EDITION, lithographed title with vignette, lithographed vignette at end of list of plates, 26 lithographed views, one lithographed plate of coastal profiles, contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e., worn, flecks of white paint on sides [not in Abbey], folio (475 x 320mm.), C. & J. Rivington, 1827

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Scarce complete set of early nineteenth century lithographed views of Madeira by Bulwer (1794-1879), a Norfolk naturalist and fine amateur artist who was a close friend and patron of John Sell Cotman.

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