Sold for:
$519
$519
London: R. Ackermann, 1812. 2 vols. Large 4to, 3/4 black morocco over cloth, gilt decorations to spine. First edition. Illustrated with 79 hand-colored plates of Westminster Abbey, plus two uncolored plates including frontispiece. A first issue copy, with the first plate in vol. 2 marked as engraved by F. Mackenzie and not A. Pugin. Half-titles and list of subscribers present. Bindings scuffed and edgeworn with some tears; some offsetting from plates, heaviest to frontispiece; foxing to first handful of leaves in each volume; otherwise a fine set.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-11-15
