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ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH, publisher)
The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., first edition, early issue, wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (watermarked 1806-1808), without half-titles, occasional spotting and offsetting from plate to text, contemporary red half morocco [Abbey, Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (333 x 275mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]
Sold for
£4,625
inc. premium
Footnotes
- "One of the great colour-plate books, and a carefully selected copy should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject" (Tooley). See illustration at page 3.
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