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Ireland.- Proctor (E.K.) Belfast Scenery in Thirty Views, aquatint pictorial title and 30 fine aquatint views on india paper, plate-guards, surface soiling and occasional foxing or spotting (heavier to title), mostly restricted to margins, bookplate, original green cloth, rebacked, preserved in custom drop-back box, [not in Abbey], oblong folio, Belfast, E.K.Proctor, 1832.

Rare. We can locate only 2 complete copies previously at auction.

Joseph Molloy (1798-1877) was appointed art minister at the Belfast Academy in 1828 and in 1830 was elected as master to the Belfast Academical Institution, a post which he retained until his retirement in 1870. It was during the years 1828-9 that he made the drawings of the principal large country houses in the vicinity of Belfast.

Description

Ireland.- Proctor (E.K.) Belfast Scenery in Thirty Views, aquatint pictorial title and 30 fine aquatint views on india paper, plate-guards, surface soiling and occasional foxing or spotting (heavier to title), mostly restricted to margins, bookplate, original green cloth, rebacked, preserved in custom drop-back box, [not in Abbey], oblong folio, Belfast, E.K.Proctor, 1832.

Rare. We can locate only 2 complete copies previously at auction.

Joseph Molloy (1798-1877) was appointed art minister at the Belfast Academy in 1828 and in 1830 was elected as master to the Belfast Academical Institution, a post which he retained until his retirement in 1870. It was during the years 1828-9 that he made the drawings of the principal large country houses in the vicinity of Belfast.

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