The Microcosm of London
3 vol., first edition, early issue with 7 of Abbey’s 12 “key plates” in first state (nos.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9), wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, some with stab-holes at fore-edge, plates with marginal soiling and offset, text lightly browned, occasional foxing, dedication leaves foxed and with light marginal water-staining, old book-label on front pastedowns, contemporary half dark green straight-grain morocco, slightly rubbed, very skilfully and almost invisibly rebacked preserving old spines, [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to, [1808-10, text watermarked 1806-07, plates 1806-08].
The Microcosm of London
3 vol., first edition, early issue with 7 of Abbey’s 12 “key plates” in first state (nos.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9), wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, some with stab-holes at fore-edge, plates with marginal soiling and offset, text lightly browned, occasional foxing, dedication leaves foxed and with light marginal water-staining, old book-label on front pastedowns, contemporary half dark green straight-grain morocco, slightly rubbed, very skilfully and almost invisibly rebacked preserving old spines, [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to, [1808-10, text watermarked 1806-07, plates 1806-08].
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