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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
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The ‘Microcosm of London’ is 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. The plates by Rowlandson and Pugin present an unrivalled picture of London in early 19th century, of historic value, as many of the buildings no longer exist’ (Tooley). This is a part bound example. Only the one errata has been changed, that of ‘coustom’ to ‘custom’ as stated by Abbey. Abbey Scenery 212, Tooley (1954) 7.
ACKERMANN, Rudolph
Microcosm of London
London, [1808-10]
Quarto 3 volumes (335 x 270 mm. each), in superb full mottled calf gilt by Riviere and Son, wide ornate gilt borders and corner pieces with foliate motifs, spine with similar gilt tooling in compartments, gilt edged. With wood-engraved titles, engraved dedication leaves, half-titles and 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, some minor toning to the paper, some minor offsetting, lower cover to volume 3 nearly detached, some watermarks from 1807. A fine example.
Stock number: 7655
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