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WIGHTWICK (GEORGE)
Select Views of the Roman Antiquities, 1827; idem, 1828, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES (2)

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WIGHTWICK (GEORGE)

Select Views of the Roman Antiquities... From Original Drawings Made upon the Spot. Drawn upon Stone by T.M. Baynes, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on title-page to "Alfred Wightwick from his affectionate Cousin George - 28. Dec. 1845" and signed on front free endpaper, lithographed title partially hand-coloured, 19 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some marginal spotting (2 images just affected), loose in contemporary boards, defective [Abbey Travel 182, uncoloured copy], by the author, 1827 [dedication dated 1828]; idem, another edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to "Mrs Bedford, with the author's sincere regards", 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates (as issued), contemporary cloth-backed boards, spine defective, upper cover detached, by the author, 1828, folio (2)

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Presentation copies of two different editions of Wightwick's work on Rome, the first with 19 plates (and a lithographed title-page but no letterpress title, as per Abbey), the second as issued with 10 of the plates and a printed title-page.

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