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Images from The River Dee: Its Aspect and History by J. S. Howson. My copy has a splendid red leather cover. 4to. pp. xiv, 174, 174. wood-engraved frontis. & 92 text illus. after the drawings of Alfred Rimmer. Complete with half-title, contemporary gilt-stamped roan, inside dentelles, all edges gilt. First edition Chapters on the city of Chester and its cathedrals, Dee River halls, castles, bridges &c.
John Saul Howson died in 1885; Alfred Rimmer died in 1893. The text and images are out of copyright.
Title: The River Dee: Its Aspect and History
Published by: Virtue, Spalding & Co.
City: London
Date: 1875
Total items: 16
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Decorative initial “L” with wild flowers and weeds
A decorative initial capital letter “L” used at the start of a chapter. This one featuers thistles, clover (or shamrock), and a flower that could be a daisy. [more...] [$]
The ceremonial mace and sword of the city of Chester. [$]
Eaton Hall, the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, is situated in a very large, though hardly picturesque, park, which is liberally thrown open to strangers, and, in consequence, is a great boon to Chester. The Grosvenor Lodge is only a few hundred yards from the city walls, and an avenue of two miles in length leads up to the deer-park, which is entered by a large lodge and gateway, and [...] [more...] [$]
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