ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (no watermarks, text watermarked 1806-1807), 7 duplicate plates (some variant issue) loosely inserted, off-setting from plates to facing text, modern blue half morocco, gilt lettering on spines, t.e.g., others untrimmed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (355 x 280mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]Footnotes"One of the great colour-plate books... [which] should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject" (Tooley).
Provenance: E. Peter Jones, bookplate.
ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (no watermarks, text watermarked 1806-1807), 7 duplicate plates (some variant issue) loosely inserted, off-setting from plates to facing text, modern blue half morocco, gilt lettering on spines, t.e.g., others untrimmed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (355 x 280mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]Footnotes"One of the great colour-plate books... [which] should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject" (Tooley).
Provenance: E. Peter Jones, bookplate.
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