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J.M.W. Turner R.A. - Turner's Rivers of France (Liber…
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J.M.W. Turner R.A. - Turner's Rivers of France (Liber Fluviorum), [Henry George Bohn, London, 1853]. Depicted in sixty-one line engraving from drawings by Turner, with descriptive letter-press by Leitch Ritchie, octavo, rebacked gilt-decorated cloth preserving original spine, new end papers, edges in gilt, 336pp. First edition in single volume format, and includes An important biographical sketch of the artist by Alaric Alexander Watts.

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