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195 - Architecture.- Blore (Edward) Collectanea Bloreana. Drawings of Churches, Monuments &c. &c. in Rutlandshire, manuscript title, contents, 58 numbered watercolours of churches (of 62; nos. 26 and 60 not called for in contents; no. 31 bound to rear of album; nos. 30 and 53 removed from album leaves), 10 watercolours of ecclesiastical doorways, 15 watercolours of ecclesiastical monuments, with 3 additional unnumbered watercolours of churches, all neatly tipped onto album leaves, many with ink inscriptions to identifying locations below, some occasional spotting and minor surface dirt, the first ten album leaves with soft to heavy vertical creasing, a few minor nicks, front free endpaper worn with losses, contemporary half red calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in six compartments, joints split, worn and scuffed, oblong folio, 1804
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Architecture.- Blore (Edward) Collectanea Bloreana. Drawings of Churches, Monuments &c. &c. in Rutlandshire, manuscript title, contents, 58 numbered watercolours of churches (of 62; nos. 26 and 60 not called for in contents; no. 31 bound to rear of album; nos. 30 and 53 removed from album leaves), 10 watercolours of ecclesiastical doorways, 15 watercolours of ecclesiastical monuments, with 3 additional unnumbered watercolours of churches, all neatly tipped onto album leaves, many with ink inscriptions to identifying locations below, some occasional spotting and minor surface dirt, the first ten album leaves with soft to heavy vertical creasing, a few minor nicks, front free endpaper worn with losses, contemporary half red calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in six compartments, joints split, worn and scuffed, oblong folio, 1804 *** An extensive album with numerous early watercolours by a key architect of the gothic revival. The album contains some of the earliest known water-colours by Edward Blore (1787-1879), British artist and architect, who became known for his sympathetic Gothic interior restorations of Winchester Cathedral, Peterborough Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and Lambeth Palace, and whose illustrations adorned works by the likes of Britton and Dibdin.
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