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ACKERMANN (RUDOLF) Microcosm of London, 3 vol., T. Bensley for R. Ackermann [1808-1810, plates watermarked 1806-1808] image 1
ACKERMANN (RUDOLF) Microcosm of London, 3 vol., T. Bensley for R. Ackermann [1808-1810, plates watermarked 1806-1808] image 2
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ACKERMANN (RUDOLF)
Microcosm of London, 3 vol., T. Bensley for R. Ackermann [1808-1810, plates watermarked 1806-1808]

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ACKERMANN (RUDOLF)

Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved titles within architectural background, engraved dedication leaves, and 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck, Stadler, Hill and Sutherland after Rowlandson and Pugin, occasional light offsetting to plates, final plate in volume 3 affected by spotting, text with some offsetting (mainly volumes 1 & 3) and occasional spotting, without half-titles, red straight-grained morocco gilt by C. Hering (his ticket on verso of front free endpaper), covers elaborately tooled in gilt incorporating diamond-shaped centrepieces and outer floral and inner leaf-pattern borders, gilt spines with black lettering labels, dated at foot, inner gilt dentelles, light blue watered silk endpapers, g.e., rebacked preserving original backstrips (rubbed), one or two pen marks to covers, preserved in morocco-edged slipcases [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (340 x 272m.), T. Bensley for R. Ackermann [1808-1810, plates watermarked 1806-1808]

Footnotes

An early issue in a handsome Hering binding of Ackermann's celebrated portrayal of London life, one of his finest books. This copy has the first issue of the Contents leaf in volume 1, none of the errata corrected in volumes 2 and 3, and 5 out of 6 errata corrected in volume 1; plates 9, 10, 12, 18 and possibly 8 in volume I are in Abbey's first state, plate 91 in volume 3 in Abbey's third state.

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