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Lot 142

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

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
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 (some watermarked "J. Whatman 1808"), some offsetting from plates to text, later half morocco, 2 joints slightly weakened with small loss to foot of one spine [Abbey Scenery 212; Adams 99; Tooley 7], 4to (335 x 270mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]

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"One of the great colour-plate books... [which] should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject" (Tooley).

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