Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Rowlandson book for sale at Second Story Books in DC



An Academy for Grown Horsemen

By Geoffrey Gambado and illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson


London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. Octavo, [4], 140 pages. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full red morocco by E. Riley and Son, with their stamp. Boards with French fillets within a dotted patters, elegant design in the corners. Board edges and turn-ins with a gilt roll, turn-ins with gilt design. Paneled spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Bookplate of Sir Percy Cox to the front pastedown. With 29 hand-colored plates.


Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (1864-1937) was a British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East who served as one of the major figures in the creation of the current Middle East. [Wikipedia]


$900


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