Anonymous — Handsome Straight Grain Morocco Sketch Book

Not Stated, None, c1820 . Leather. A delightful sketch book of pencil landscape illustrations, beautifully bound in full straight grain morocco, with a metal clasp. Including a depiction of Lake Windermere. A wonderful illustrated anonymously produced early 19th century sketch book.In a full straight grain morocco binding, with gilt detailing to board perimeters, blind tooling to board perimeters and back strip, and metal clasp in full working order.With thirteen beautiful pencil landscape illustrations of valleys, mountains, lakes, hills, and rural towns of the Lake district, with sketches of Lake Windermere and Glenridding.With the bookplate of James S. Dearden to the front free endpaper. He was a Ruskin enthusiast credited with launching the Ruskin revival, and with advising three generations of Ruskin scholars.With a charming illustrated floral bookplate to the front pastedown. In a straight grain morocco binding with blind tooling to back strip and board perimeters, with metal clasp to fore edge, in full working order. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to joints and back strip head and tail. Bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .