ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH, publisher. Microcosm of London. [London: Ackermann 1808-10, plates watermarked 1808]. 3 vols., 4to, 325 x 267 mm. (12 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.), red half morocco gilt, g.e., all covers detached, some offsetting, foxing and staining to plates and text, "St. Martins in the Fields" plate torn and partly repaired, "Military College, Chelsea" plate torn across and repaired, dedication leaf in vol. 1 cropped, some colors muted, lacks half-titles. Woodcut title-pages, engraved dedication pages and 104 handcolored aquatint plates by Bluck, Hill, Stadler and Sutherland after Thomas Rowlandson and A. Pugin. Abbey Scenery 212. Sold not subject to return. Provenance : G.F. and C.R. Steedman, bookplate -- S.H. Austin, bookplate. (3)
ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH, publisher. Microcosm of London. [London: Ackermann 1808-10, plates watermarked 1808]. 3 vols., 4to, 325 x 267 mm. (12 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.), red half morocco gilt, g.e., all covers detached, some offsetting, foxing and staining to plates and text, "St. Martins in the Fields" plate torn and partly repaired, "Military College, Chelsea" plate torn across and repaired, dedication leaf in vol. 1 cropped, some colors muted, lacks half-titles. Woodcut title-pages, engraved dedication pages and 104 handcolored aquatint plates by Bluck, Hill, Stadler and Sutherland after Thomas Rowlandson and A. Pugin. Abbey Scenery 212. Sold not subject to return. Provenance : G.F. and C.R. Steedman, bookplate -- S.H. Austin, bookplate. (3)
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