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Ackermann, Rudolph.
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- A History of the University of Cambridge. London: R. Ackermann, 1815 [watermarks 1812]
- paper
2 volumes, 4to (340 x 270mm.), half-titles, plain engraved portrait, 95 hand-coloured aquatint or engraved plates by Westall, Pugin and others, list of subscribers and plates at beginning of volume 1, modern light blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, watered silk endleaves, gilt edges, slipcases, G.R. Nicolaus' copy, with his bookplate and morocco label "GRN", [Abbey, Scenery 79-80; Tooley (1954) 4], spines slightly faded
Catalogue Note
A remarkably clean copy with the series of portraits of the founders.