The Microcosm of London
3 vol., first edition, later issue with only 1 of Abbey’s 12 “key plates” in first state, wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, some offsetting from plates but plates generally clean, some light browning to text leaves, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spines, corners repaired, a little rubbed, [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to, 1808-10.
The Microcosm of London
3 vol., first edition, later issue with only 1 of Abbey’s 12 “key plates” in first state, wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, some offsetting from plates but plates generally clean, some light browning to text leaves, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spines, corners repaired, a little rubbed, [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to, 1808-10.
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