ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). The Microcosm of London. London: Ackermann, [1808-1810]. 3 volumes, 4 (320 x 275mm). Half-titles. Wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin. (Plates 75 and 100 supplied from another copy, slight surface damage to image of plate 11, plate 63 with small repaired tear to outer margin.) Modern purple straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with large strapwork design, echoed in the compartments of the spine, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g., by Baynun-Riviere. Provenance : C.Robert Bignold (armorial bookplate). An attractive set, with the plates mostly in their second states. Abbey Scenery 212. (3)
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). The Microcosm of London. London: Ackermann, [1808-1810]. 3 volumes, 4 (320 x 275mm). Half-titles. Wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin. (Plates 75 and 100 supplied from another copy, slight surface damage to image of plate 11, plate 63 with small repaired tear to outer margin.) Modern purple straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with large strapwork design, echoed in the compartments of the spine, gilt turn-ins, t.e.g., by Baynun-Riviere. Provenance : C.Robert Bignold (armorial bookplate). An attractive set, with the plates mostly in their second states. Abbey Scenery 212. (3)
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