"Original Views of London as it is, by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842": A Re-issue of the Complete Set of these Scarce and Valuable Delineations of London, with Descriptive Notes to each Plate, and a Short Introduction by E. Beresford Chancellor. / "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc. Drawn from Nature on Stone by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839": A Re-issue of the Complete Set of these Exceedingly Scarce and Beautiful Delineations of Continental Cities, printed in Colours, with Descriptive Notes to each Plate, and an Introduction by E. Beresford Chancellor.
London: Architectural Press, 1926-28. Hardcover. 4to. Modern rebind in quarter calf with gilt spine lettering/rules and marbled paper over boards. xv, 111pp; xvi, 113pp, (2pp). Color frontispiece (1926 volume), numerous full-page plates (many color). Near fine. Item #52111
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803-74) was a noted British lithographer and watercolor artist famed for one of the first chromolithography books, the 1839 "Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, etc.," followed by the also memorable (although not color) 1843 "Original Views of London as it is." Nearly a century later Architectural Press produced these editions, and this pair have been elegantly bound back to back with spine label reading "Boys's Views of London and Paris." Chancellor (1868-1937) was an English author best known for his many works on the history of London; he provides useful notes and commentary throughout each book. Rear pastedown bears tiny inkstamped "Bound by James Ashton / London, England."
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