Description
A handsome 1892 John C. Nimmo two-volume set of The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow (ed. Joseph Grego), the desirable hand-colored issue in a half-morocco binding by Tout & Sons with raised bands, gilt rules, and marbled boards. The title page notes “portrait and 32 illustrations… coloured by hand,” which matches this collation: Vol. I = 16 plates (incl. frontis), Vol. II = 17 plates (incl. frontis)—33 plates total. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh & London.
Complete hand-colored plate suite (33 total) with clean, bright plates and no foxing noted
Fine bindery credit: Tout & Sons gilt-stamped; attractive half morocco with marbled boards
Period content: Regency/Napoleonic social life, court, clubs, and society, 1810–1860
Imprint quality: John C. Nimmo (1892); Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. printing
Condition: Light to moderate rubbing at corners/edges, some scuffs to leather, spine tips softened; gilt still present; joints appear sound. Interior generally clean. Please view all the photos for the best sense of condition
A collectible, well-presented example of the hand-colored Nimmo Gronow—elevated by a named 19th-century London bindery and a complete plate count that buyers look for.
