‎ALEXANDER, William (illustrateur)‎
‎PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE ENGLISH. ‎

‎ 1814 Londres, John Murray, 1814. In-folio, 27 x 36 cm. Edition originale, illustrée de 50 aquatintes hors-texte, gravées par William Alexander et entièrement rehaussées à la main. Elégante reliure en maroquin rouge à longs grains. Dos à 5 nerfs plats et orné de caissons dorés. Plats décorés d'arabesques dorées encadrées de dentelles à froid et de roulettes dorées. Roulettes intérieures à motif de feuilles de vigne, gardes recouvertes de soie bleue. Tranches dorées. Ex-libris: Lord Farnham. Traces de frottements aux coiffes, aux mors et aux coins. Quelques minimes rousseurs sans gravité. Gravures propres et fraîches. Ouvrage en très bel état, luxueusement relié et bien complet de toutes les gravures. (La page de titre annonce 64 gravures, ce qui est erroné comme le montre la table des planches qui s'arrête au n°50). ‎

Reference : 6946


‎[English: London, John Murray, 1814. Folio : 27 x 36 cm. First edition, illustrated with 50 hand-colored inserts aquatints engraved by William Alexander. Very elegant mid-19th centrury long grain red morocco binding. Flat bands on spine, with gilt title and panels. Large gilt arabesques on covers, framed with fillet rolls. Doublures rolled with gilt vine leaves. Blue silk endpapers. Gilt edges. Ex-libris: Lord Farnham. Hinges, headcaps and corners lightly rubbed. Some very light foxing. Engravings clean. Very nice copy, luxuriously bound, complete with all color plates. (The title page bears the mention "illustrated in sixty-four coloured engravings" which is not correct as the list of plates has only 50 numbers)]. ‎

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‎[ATKINSON, John Augustus]‎

Reference : 3840

(1814)

‎Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English. ‎

‎London John Murray 1814 ‎


‎First edition. With 50 colour aquatint costume plates, dated 1813. Hardback. Contemporary black long-grained morocco boards, gilt and embossed, corners slightly rubbed. All edges gilt, and gilt inner dentelle. Slight offsetting, and light foxing to some pages. Each plate has a page of text to describe it. All life is here; from Gipsey to Hussar, and Lord Mayor to Dairy Maid. Very attractive copy. Ref: Colas 2537; Lipperheide Gca 21; Tooley 374. [52] pp, plus 50 plates. 240 x 170 mm (9œ x 6Ÿ inches).‎

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