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EDY (JOHN WILLIAM), AND JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELL Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway; with the Principle Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour Through the Country, 2 vol., Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820 image 1
EDY (JOHN WILLIAM), AND JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELL Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway; with the Principle Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour Through the Country, 2 vol., Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820 image 2
EDY (JOHN WILLIAM), AND JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELL Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway; with the Principle Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour Through the Country, 2 vol., Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820 image 3
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EDY (JOHN WILLIAM), AND JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELL
Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway, Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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EDY (JOHN WILLIAM), AND JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELL

Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway; with the Principle Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Magnificent Pass of the Swinesund; from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With Remarks and Observations Made in a Tour Through the Country, 2 vol., half-titles, 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates by and after Edy, some spotting to text in volume 1, watermarks dated between 1807-1817, later red half morocco gilt [Abbey Travel 254; Tooley 103], folio (470 x 325mm.), Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820

Footnotes

"The most important English colour plate book on Norway" (Tooley). John Edy toured Norway in the summer of 1800, travelling from Oslo to Trondheim, Morebjene and Bergen.

Provenance: W.H. Foster, bookplate.

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