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ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). Microcosm of London . London: [1808-1810, watermarks 1806-1808]. 3 volumes, 4° (365 x 295mm). Half-titles, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, and 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Buck, Stadler and others after Thomas Rowlandson and Pugin. Uncut. Publisher's notice on the verso of the contents leaf in vol. III is in 8 lines. (Browning in text leaves, off-setting.) Contemporary half red roan, flat spine gilt, vol. III with different tooling (somewhat worn). Provenance : William Danby (1752-1833, of Swinton Park, Yorks.; armorial bookplate).
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). Microcosm of London . London: [1808-1810, watermarks 1806-1808]. 3 volumes, 4° (365 x 295mm). Half-titles, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, and 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Buck, Stadler and others after Thomas Rowlandson and Pugin. Uncut. Publisher's notice on the verso of the contents leaf in vol. III is in 8 lines. (Browning in text leaves, off-setting.) Contemporary half red roan, flat spine gilt, vol. III with different tooling (somewhat worn). Provenance : William Danby (1752-1833, of Swinton Park, Yorks.; armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, a large, uncut copy with early watermarks and at least two plates (vol. I, 11 and 18) in the first state. The original owner, William Danby, rebuilt Swinton Park from designs by James Wyatt and John Foss of Richmond and amassed a rich library there. He was a subscriber to Ackermann's Colleges [see previous lot]. Abbey Scenery , 212. (3)