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Shoberl, Frederic.
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- The World in Miniature. London: R. Ackermann, [1821-1827]
43 volumes, a complete set, 12mo (135 x 78mm.), 646 hand-coloured engraved plates, some folding, uniform calf gilt (most by Morrell), gilt edges, lacking one plate in Turkey (see below), occasional slight offsetting or spotting, some imprints cropped
Provenance
Wardington, bookplate
Literature
Abbey, Travel 6
Catalogue Note
a fine set, comprising: Africa, 4 vol., additional pictorial title, 2 folding maps and 44 plates; Asiatic Islands and New Holland, 2 vol., 26 plates; Austria, 2 vol., 32 plates; China, 2 vol., 30 plates; England, Scotland, and Ireland, 4 vol., 81 plates, errata leaf at end (regarding plates); Hindoostan, 6 vol., 103 plates; Illyria and Dalmatia, 2 vol., 32 plates; Japan, 1 vol., 20 plates; Netherlands, 1 vol., 18 plates; Persia, 3 vol., 30 plates; Russia, 4 vol., 72 plates; South Sea Islands, 2 vol., 26 plates; Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., 27 plates; Switzerland, 1 vol., 18 plates; Tibet and India beyond the Ganges, 1 vol., 12 plates; Turkey, 6 vol., 72 plates (of 73, lacking Bedouin woman making butter in vol.6).