[Craig, William Marshall]. Description of the Plates, representing the Itinerant Traders of London in their Ordinary Costume; with Notices of the Remarkable Places given in the Background, 1st edition, [London: Richard Phillips 1804], letterpress title-page, 31 hand-coloured etched plates each with leaf of descriptive text, text watermarked 1803, plates watermarked 'John Hall 1805' and with Phillips's imprint removed, text-leaves browned and with offsetting from plates, all edges gilt, modern red half morocco, 4to (25.4 x 19.8 cm), together with: Montgomery (James, James Grahame, & E. Benger). Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1st edition, London: for R. Bowyer, 1809, engraved additional title-page, 12 engraved plates including 3 portraits, a few plates spotted or with marginal damp-staining, 20th-century half calf, sunned, 4to (27.5 x 20.8 cm) (Qty: 2) Abbey Life 271 (Craig); Sabin 50145 (Montgomery et al.). Craig's work was issued as a supplement to Richard Phillips's Modern London (1804); this copy belongs to a subsequent issue of c.1805, with Phillips's imprint removed from the plates.
[Craig, William Marshall]. Description of the Plates, representing the Itinerant Traders of London in their Ordinary Costume; with Notices of the Remarkable Places given in the Background, 1st edition, [London: Richard Phillips 1804], letterpress title-page, 31 hand-coloured etched plates each with leaf of descriptive text, text watermarked 1803, plates watermarked 'John Hall 1805' and with Phillips's imprint removed, text-leaves browned and with offsetting from plates, all edges gilt, modern red half morocco, 4to (25.4 x 19.8 cm), together with: Montgomery (James, James Grahame, & E. Benger). Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1st edition, London: for R. Bowyer, 1809, engraved additional title-page, 12 engraved plates including 3 portraits, a few plates spotted or with marginal damp-staining, 20th-century half calf, sunned, 4to (27.5 x 20.8 cm) (Qty: 2) Abbey Life 271 (Craig); Sabin 50145 (Montgomery et al.). Craig's work was issued as a supplement to Richard Phillips's Modern London (1804); this copy belongs to a subsequent issue of c.1805, with Phillips's imprint removed from the plates.
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