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ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)
The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., [1808-1810]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)

The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, offsetting from plates on to text (some heavy), blooming to approximately 10 plates (one heavy), contemporary calf gilt, one cover detached, joints weakened, small loss to one spine [Abbey Scenery 212; Adams 99; Tooley 7], 4to (330 x 280mm.), [1808-1810]

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Provenance: Earl of Cromer (1912), bookplate.

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