Trades & Pastimes. A collection of leaves with hand-drawn illustrations, circa 1832, 10ff., each with 10 pen, ink and watercolour illustrations to recto, each drawing within a decorative frame (the frames shaped differently on each leaf), a couple with pencilled titles, depicting a variety of people, animals, and activities, e.g. astronomer, fishing, sword-swallower, dentist, maypole dancing, hawking, portraitist, bell-ringing, laundering, watch-seller, cooper, coffee merchant, cobbler, barber, hat-seller, etc., first page lightly spotted and dust-soiled, remainder with occasional spotting and margins a little dusty, watermarked Whatman 1832, disbound, sheet size 21.8 x 19.6cm (8.5 x 7.75ins) (Qty: 1) A charming and well-executed set of illustrations, each nicely-detailed and attractively arranged on each page.
Trades & Pastimes. A collection of leaves with hand-drawn illustrations, circa 1832, 10ff., each with 10 pen, ink and watercolour illustrations to recto, each drawing within a decorative frame (the frames shaped differently on each leaf), a couple with pencilled titles, depicting a variety of people, animals, and activities, e.g. astronomer, fishing, sword-swallower, dentist, maypole dancing, hawking, portraitist, bell-ringing, laundering, watch-seller, cooper, coffee merchant, cobbler, barber, hat-seller, etc., first page lightly spotted and dust-soiled, remainder with occasional spotting and margins a little dusty, watermarked Whatman 1832, disbound, sheet size 21.8 x 19.6cm (8.5 x 7.75ins) (Qty: 1) A charming and well-executed set of illustrations, each nicely-detailed and attractively arranged on each page.
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