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

14 November 2023, 14:00 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 1831"), light off-setting onto text but clean, contemporary half morocco, spines titled in gilt, joints rubbed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (345 x 285mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]

Footnotes

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

Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.

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