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Ackermann, Rudolph.
估價
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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描述
- The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital. London: R. Ackermann, 1816 [watermarks 1812 and 1816]
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4to (334 x 273mm.), 48 hand-coloured aquatint or engraved plates after Westall, Pugin and others, list of subscribers at beginning and list of plates at end, contemporary diced calf gilt, slipcase, [Abbey, Scenery 438-440; Tooley (1954) 3], offsetting of plates onto text (as often), expertly rebacked
拍品資料及來源
An early issue of Ackermann's Public Schools, with the Charterhouse plate in first issue, second state, and the Westminster School Room and Winchester College plates in their first state. The plates are watermarked 1812 and 1816.