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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the history and cultural significance of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster. Considered one of the most iconic structures in Britain, Westminster Abbey holds a prominent place in the nation's history, serving as the coronation church for English and Brit…ish monarchs since 1066. Its iconic Gothic architecture, stunning stained glass, and royal tombs have made it a beloved landmark and a symbol of national pride. The author traces the abbey's origins to the 11th century, delving into the stories of its medieval abbots, royal patrons, and the countless individuals who have shaped its legacy. Through meticulous research and engaging prose, the book sheds light on the abbey's role in shaping English history, its impact on religious thought, and its enduring status as a symbol of faith, power, and artistic achievement. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Published by London: Penguin Books. 1951
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Condition: Good. 12mo. [ca 34 pp.]. Very Good. Hard Cover. Printed pictorial paper boards. Dust Jacket Very Good. DJ clipped. Pages fine. Illustrated with color plates throughout. From King Penguin books series, no. 59. Scarce.
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Published by R. Ackermann, London 1812
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Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set. Full leather bindings with gilt decorations on front and rear covers. Marbled edges and endpapers. Professionally repaired hinges. Volume I: xx + 330 + 6 page index at rear. Includes List of Subscribers and Arrangement of Plates. Volume II: 275 pages + 4 pag…e index at rear. Includes all hand-colored plates and the uncolored plan of the abbey. Minor foxing to endpapers. A beautiful set.
More imagesThe 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.First quarto edition.
Combe, William (1742-1823), author Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834) , publisher; William Henry Pyne (London 1769/70 - London 1843), author; Francis Manley Boldero Sims, FRCS (1841 - 1902), provenance
Published by London: Printed for and published by for R. Ackermann, 101 Strand 1816
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Condition: Good. Large quarto. 28.3 x 34.8cm. Contemporary gilt panelled calf; Original spine rebacked on new goatskin support. 47 hand-coloured aquatint plates, lacking one plate (Eton Scholar). Whatman 1812 or 1813 watermarks, and plates in the earlier states, by Havell, Stadler, Bluck, and others, after Westall, Mackenzie, Pu…gin, and others, 'Charter House, from the Play Ground' with overlaid title label, intermittent offsetting and spotting. armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims and "Manley Sims Eton Collection" ink stamp to title page,:Francis Manley Sims (F.R.C.S.) was a 19th-century physician and surgeon based in London's West End. A dedicated book collector, he is best known to historians for assembling the notable "Manley Sims Collection" of rare books and Etoniana, which he donated to his alma mater, Eton College.Born on June 19th, 1841, at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, the son of the Rev Frederick Sims, Rector of West Bergholt, Essex, and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He spent his early life in Suffolk, and was educated at Colchester Grammar School. Shortly before he was 16 he was apprenticed to the then well-known practitioner, Thomas Young, of Sackville Street, W, and soon entered as a student at St George's Hospital. Rising very early - at five o'clock every morning - he studied medicine and modern languages before beginning the work of the day with his principal, and was thus able to carry off all the prizes at his hospital, where he was appointed House Surgeon, and afterwards Demonstrator of Physiology. He started practice in Down Street, Mayfair, and in 1870 joined partnership with William Fuller, of 111 Piccadilly, whose niece he married in 1875. In 1884, on the virtual retirement of William Fuller, he was joined in partnership by H Roxburgh Fuller, of Curzon Street, who remained with him to the end.Manley Sims became a most fashionable physician, with probably the largest West-End practice, and his life was one of tireless labour. As of old he rose very early, and was often on his rounds in his brougham before breakfast. He was seldom in bed after 5.30 am, whatever the duties of the previous night had been, and during the whole of this enormously long working day his powers of close attention, accurate insight, and sympathy remained unabated. It is to his credit that he was very helpful and generous to poor patients, and possessing, as he did, the ear of a wealthy and influential clientele, he could often contrive a scheme of assistance in cases of sickness and misery that was practical besides being well meant. To do so was the greatest possible source of pleasure to him. He was a firm and generous friend, an interesting companion, full of reminiscences and experiences, and well read.Abbey, Scenery, no. 440.
More imagesPublished by Ackermann R. London 1812
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio hardcover volume in marbled boards with raised band leather spine. Spine very good with a split on lower front board about 3 inches. Boards good with very little wear. Endpapers not split one old owners bookplate. 275 pages + index and 80 hand colored aquatints. Cont…ents nice and tight with no water stains or foxing. There is offsetting from the prints to the text pages. There is no offsetting to the prints themselves and they are fresh and bright. The first issue with Mackenzie on the title print. It would be hard to find a better volume.
Published by R. Ackermann, London 1816
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Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller1-star sellerFirst edition. Quarto (14 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches). Title page, 27 text pages, plus four colored aquatints, three of them after drawings by Auguste-Charles Pugin. Contemporary drab boards, uncut. The text is watermarked 1816 and one plate has an 1812 watermark. Second issue, first state, of plate 22. Occasional mild spotting to text…, usual offset from plates to facing pages; the plates are clean. This separate issue appears to be very uncommonly offered for sale. See Tooley 3.
Published by R. Ackermann, London 1816
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Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller1-star sellerFirst edition. Quarto, 14 x 11 inches. Title page (verso blank) 32 text pages, plus five colored engravings (1816 watermark), with the directions to the binder slip. Contemporary boards, hand lettered on the front, uncut, rebacked. Usual offset from the plates to facing pages, occasional spotting to text leaves, the plates are c…lean. Plate 2 (Charter House School / from the Play Ground) is in the first state, though on unwatermarked paper. This separate issue, with its specially printed title page (not in the Abbey copy), appears very uncommon in trade. Abbey, Scenery, 442.
Published by T. Bensley for R. Ackermann, [c. 1808-1810]., [London]: 1808
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Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaAlexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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Edition : FIRST EDITION , Half crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt tooled, gilt decorated and titled spine, a.e.g. by L. Broca. , Originally issued in parts, as with most sets, this copy has mixed states of the plates but most are in the first state. One of the most famous colour plate books showing the scenes of London from th…e early 19th century. Tooley considers this ?one of the great colour plate books? and that it ?should form the corner stone of any collection of books on the subject,? arguing that the plates ?present an unrivaled picture of London in early 19th century, of historic value, as many of the buildings no longer exist.? The architecture of each plate was drawn by Rowlandson ? the finest English architecture painter of the time ? and the people and still life added in by Augustus Pugin. The first two volumes were written by William Henry Pyne, who handed it over to William Combe for the third volume ? all of which focused primarily on the history of the city rather than its aesthetics (Adams)., Size : Quarto (338 x 272 mm). , Illustrated with wood-engraved titles within architectural background, engraved dedication leaves, and 104 hand-colored aquatint plates by Bluck, Stadler, Hill and Sutherland after Rowlandson and Pugin. , Volume : three volumes, References : Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7; Adams 99; Martin Hardie, pp. 100-103; Prideaux, pp. 121-124 and 348., [4], iv, 231; [2], vi, [2], 239; [2], iv, [2], 280, 6 pp, Some offsetting from plates to text, infrequent light spotting, a couple plates with tiny nicks to margins, joints rubbed, a lovely set.
The History Of The Abbey Church Of St. Peter's Westminster Its Antiquities And Monuments (First Edition)
ACKERMANN, Rudolph (1764-1834, Publisher;) COMBE William (1741-1823, Text)
Published by Printed For R. Ackermann By L.Harrison & J.C.Leigh, London 1812
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2 volumes complete. FIRST EDITION, first printing.(ii), 330, (vi); 275, (iv), complete with 83 aquatint plates (81 hand-coloured) including an engraved plan and portrait of William Vincent, by J.Bluck, J.Hamble, T.Sutherland and others, after A.Pugin, F.Mackenzie, H.Villiers, T.Uwi…ns, &c. Lacking half-titles and list of subscribers. The plate titled "Aymer de Valance" in volume 2 is signed A. Pugin. A little light offsetting from some plates, but a handsome clean set. Original 19th century half morocco leather with spine professionally relaid. Moderat wear to the extremities. Exlibrary but with just one library stamp on the free endpaper and behind the title page. Overall in VERY GOOD condition.
The History Of The Abbey Church Of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities And Monuments. In Two Volumes.
ACKERMANN, R[udolph] [1764-1834] (Publisher); ; [COMBE, William [1741-1823] (Text)].
Published by London: Printed For R. Ackermann, By L.Harrison & J.C.Leigh, 1812. 1812
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. xviii, [2]plate list, 330, [6]index; 2 p.l., 275, [4]index. complete with list of subscribers & half-titles wanting. 1 engraved plan, 1 engraved portrait, 1 hand-coloured line engraving, & 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates (incl. frontis. & title) by J.Bluck, J.Hamble, T.Sutherlan…d, & others after A.Pugin, F.Mackenzie, H.Villiers, T.Uwins, &c. contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spines mounted, all edges gilt (spine ends & joints rubbed, plates offset, scattered foxing - generally light & occasional light embrowning). First Edition, First Issue. Tooley 2. Abbey, Scenery, 213. Prideaux p. 331.
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Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1816 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…s. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 43 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 43.
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Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1816 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…s. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 53 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 53.
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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. London: R. Ackermann, 1812. 2 vols, large 4to, [i-xx], [1]-330 including appendix, [6, index]; [i-iv], [1]-275, [1, blank],[4, index]pp. 83 plates in all, viz: 1 plan and 1 portrait both uncolored, 1 colored line engraving and 80 full-page aquatints. Old half red morocco, rebacked preserving original gilt-pannelle…d backstrip, marbled sides and endpapers, top edges gilt, bookplates. Binding worn at extremities with small losses to marbled paper, internally very good with portrait offset onto title page, some browning and scattered foxing but with plates and margins generally clean. ß First edition, large-paper copy with the portrait of William Vincent on India paper. A respectable copy of this important color plate book. The first plate in the second volume "Aymer de Valance" is in the first state (signed "Mackenzie"), which suggests a first issue copy (see Abbey). Altogether there are 83 plates by 16 different artists including Mackenzie, Pugin, Villiers, Bluck and others. The depiction of light through the stained glass windows and slanted across the cathedral's monuments is particularly lovely. "There is no doubt that Ackermann considered Westminster Abbey the supreme example of his taste and achievement" (Ford, Ackermann 1783-1983, p.41). Abbey, Scenery, 213. Tooley's English Books with Colored Plates, 2. Signed.
More imagesPublished by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, London 1810
Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Nudelman Rare Books
Contact seller2-star sellerThree large quarto volumes, measuring binding size: 14 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches, (353 x 295mm); and paper size: 13 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch (340 x 285mm). Contemporary half morocco, spines titled in gilt. According to Abbey, one of the greatest colour-plate books ever produced, with wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves… (with vignettes), and 104 stunning hand-colored aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (some watermarked as early as 1805, others varying dates, including "J. Whatman 1831"). Joints rubbed, light off-setting onto text, a clean and bright copy with superb quality impressions. [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (345 x 285mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]. Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), includes his Paley Park bookplate in each volume. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868.
More imagesMicrocosm of London; or, London in Miniature, The
ACKERMANN, Rudolph; COMBE, William; PUGIN, Augustus; ROWLANDSON, Thomas
Published by London: R. Ackermann?s Repository of Arts, 1808 1808
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First Edition. With Eight of Abbey's Twelve Key Plates in Their First "Luminous" State A Wonderful Example with 'Pre-Publication' Watermarks Throughout Bound in Early Twentieth Century Three-Quarter Red Straight-Grain Morocco [ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. The Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature]. London: R. Ackermann's Reposit…ory of Arts, [1808-1810]. First edition, early issue, bound from the original parts, with eight of Abbey's twelve key plates in their first state. Text watermarked J. Whatman 1806 & 1807 and also L & D 1807; plates watermarked J. Whatman 1806, 1807, 1808 & 1809. "Contents" leaf in volume one in first state. With all of the errata uncorrected, except for that reading "coustom" for "custom" on p. 218 of Volume I (see Abbey, Scenery, p. 138). Complete with the half-titles, woodcut titles and engraved dedication leaves in each volume. Three large quarto volumes (12 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 321 x 267 mm.). [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], iv, introduction, 1, contents, [1, blank], [1, half-title]-231, [1, blank]; [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, blank], [1, half-title], [1, blank], [iii]-vi, introduction, [1]-239, [1, blank]; [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, publisher's note], [1, half-title], [1, blank], [iii]-iv, introduction, [1]-280, [6, index and errata] pp. With 104 hand-colored aquatint plates, including fifty-four by J. Bluck, twenty-nine by J.C. Stadler, ten by T. Sutherland, ten by J. Hill, and one by Harraden, after Rowlandson and Pugin. First state of Abbey's key plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 11. Plates 3, 12 and 39 in second state as usual, plate 91 in third state. Four plates in volume II (nos. 49, 50, 51 & 52) with hardly noticeable tiny wormholes. The plates all bright and fresh, a very few plates with the slightest hint of offsetting from the facing page of text. A few text leaves with slight offsetting from the facing plate. Apart from some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves of each volume and a few light marginal spots to the text, this is one of the cleanest examples of the Microcosm that we have seen. Handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath ca. 1920. Three-quarter red straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, double-ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, matching marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. "The book was issued in twenty-six monthly parts, each part containing four plates, and at 7s. a part, a price that was advanced early on to 10. 6d. for non-subscribers. A thousand sets are said to have been issued, a statement that may be correct for the original part publication, but must be considerably short of the final number, when bound sets distributed later are taken into account" "At the end of the third volume, a list of thirteen errata for the three volumes is given. If these have been corrected then the set will be found to be a late issue: if all the errata are uncorrected (this is rare), then the book has been bound from parts; the same claim of part binding can be made for sets that have errata uncorrected except for that reading 'coustom' for 'custom' on page 218 of volume 1. This is the case with the present copy -- all errata uncorrected except one." (Abbey). "The [book's] striking feature is not so much the text (though the third volume is notable as the work of W. Combe) but the coloured illustrations, in this case the combined work of Pugin and Rowlandson.The pictures in this book cover all the well-known public buildings of London-churches, banks, prisons, theatres, etc.,-capitally portrayed by Pugin.The great metropolis, with its high life and low, its light and its shade, could have had no one better fitted [than Rowlandson] to portray its inmates. The spirited figures that he adds to Pugin's backgrounds show that his talents were not limited to the ludicrous and.
More imagesHistory of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster, The
ACKERMANN, Rudolph; PUGIN, Augustus Charles, artist; COMBE, William
Published by London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816 1816
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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. "Highest Praise" For Ackermann's Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. 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: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition, early issue. Large quarto (13 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 340 x 282 mm.). vi, [1, "Arrangement of Plates"], [1, blank], 56; 72; 27, [1, blank]; 32; 34; 22; 40; 34; 43, [1, blank] pp. With forty-eight hand-colored plates (forty-five aquatint and three engraved), including four costume plates and forty-four views by Havell, Stadler, Bluck, and others, after Westall, Mackenzie, Pugin, and others. All plates with tissue guards. Text watermarked 1816, plates watermarked 1812 and 1816. Abbey's second state of Plate 6 ("Winchester College, from the Meadow"), dated "Jany. 1, 1816"; Abbey's second state of Plate 23 ("Westminster School Room"), with hats added to the masters; Abbey's second state of Plate 26 ("Charter House, from the Play Ground"), depicting thirteen boys and masters playing cricket (instead of washerwomen). Handsomely bound ca. 1940 by Birdsall of Northampton & London (stamp-signed in gilt on lower front turn-in). Full red morocco, covers decoratively paneled and tooled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins, cockerel endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a later leather-edged slipcase. A wonderful example - the plates with early watermarks, all clean and fresh with superb hand coloring. With the pencil marks of the late, great bookseller Charles W. Traylen of Guildford on the verso of the front free endpaper date "30. 11. 63" "[Ackermann's History of the University of Oxford (1813) and History of the University of Cambridge (1814)] were fittingly followed by a History of the Colleges.Of this also a thousand copies were issued in monthly parts, the first appearing on January 1, 1816.The text, with the exception of the parts dealing with Winchester, Eton, and Harrow (the work of W.H. Pyne), were entirely written by Combe, and the same artists were employed in its decoration, the highest praise for which is that it equals, if not surpasses, that of Oxford and Cambridge. The original drawings for the forty-eight coloured plates were distributed among Westall, who executed fifteen, and Pugin and Mackenzie, who did fourteen each, while one is by J. Gendall, who besides illustrating Ackermann's publications was employed for some years in managing his business, particularly in developing the new art of lithography. The actual engraving was done by Havell and Stadler, with a few plates by Bluck and Bennett, and four line engravings of costume by Agar after Uwins. Here again it may be noticed that many of the aquatints are printed in two colours before being finished by hand" (Martin Hardie). The roots of Birdsall of Northampton "stretch back to the early eighteenth century but it was in 1792 that John Lacy's Northampton bindery was acquired by William Birdsall, continuing in his family until 1961.In Birdsall's heyday, Gerring (Notes on Bookbinding, 1899) reported a staff of 250 engaged in making ladies handbags, fancy boxes, and stationary; as well as all types of bookbinding. The firm seemed always ready to experiment and careful records and samples were kept by Richard Birdsall, great-great-nephew of the founder, until he died in 1909.The firm's collection of over 3,000 finishing tools passed to the University of Toronto" (Maggs, Bookbinding in the British Isles II, #262, and #321). "Birdsall's is notable for the high quality of their leathers and finishings, as well as for the inventive style of their 'inlaid pictorial bindings'" (Chevalier Collection, Christie's November 9, 1990). Abbey, Scenery, 440; Adams, London Illustrated, 116; Martin Hard.
More imagesPublished by R. Ackermann, London 1812
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Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC
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Condition: Near fine. First Edition, second issue. In Two volumes, large 4to; 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (325 x 272 mm), with all 83 plates, 81 of which are colored aquatints by J.Bluck, J.Hamble, T.Sutherland and others, after A.Pugin, F.Mackenzie, H.Villiers, T.Uwins, &c. Includes the half-titles; list of subscribers and arrangement…of plates. Vol. 1 pp. xx + 330 + vi index, and 4 plates-2 colored aquatint plates and 2 uncolored engravings of a) floorpan b) portrait of William Vincent, Dean of Westminster opposite the dedication page. Vol. 2 pp. 275 +iv index, 79 colored aquatints. Hands binding in navy crushed morocco by Doverley and Sons, with gilt fillets and decorations on cover, scrolls on turn-ins. Spine gilt with decorations and floral patterns, gilt title and date, 5 double raised bands with four red bands; gilt decorations on edges, marbled end-papers, a.e.g. Some light offset from the plates and foxing only on the letterpress for one gathering towards the end of Vol. 2, not affecting the plates. This is the second issue, with the plate Aymer de Valence" signed "A. Pugin del't" and not the first state of the plate signed in error "F. Mackenzie" (Abbey Scenery 213 & 214). In our copy this plate is bound at the beginning of the Vol. 1, and not in Vol.2 as indicated in the arrangement of plates sheet. [Abbey Scenery 213; Tooley 2; Prideaux p. 124-125; Lowndes vol. 7, p. 2889; Bobins 608]. A very handsome set with many brightly-colored aquatints. In the introduction of the book the author writes: "The Collegiate Church of Westminster may, without fear of contradiction, be considered as one of the most interesting edifices in the British Empire." After the success of The Microcosm of London (1808-1810) Ackerman took on the project of a two-volume work on Westminster, which was first published in sixteen monthly numbers and issued in 2 volumes in 1812. ". Ackermann had issued his History of Westminster Abbey (1812), and when complete, he had all the original drawings for the seventy plates which had been made by Aug. Pugin, Fred Mackenzie, H. Villiers, G. Shepherd, Thompson, T. Unwin, and W. J. White, bound up with the letterpress printed on vellum, making a unique copy. Mr Papworth prepared a special design, with Gothic details, for the brass mountings and clasps for the two volumes, which cost £120. This copy Ackermann valued so highly that he used to provide a pair of white kid gloves for the use of the person to whom was granted the favour of inspecting it. He sent a copy of the book to Mr Papworth inscribed with his sincere regards and a draft for £50." [Prideaux, S. T. Aquatint Engraving; A Chapter in the History of Book Illustration. London, Duckworth & Co., 1909. p.123. According to Tooley this vellum copy with its original drawings may be see in a glass case at Westminster Abbey. [English Books with Coloured Plates; London: Bratsford, 1954; p. 7] RUDOLPH ACKERMANN (1764 - 1834) was an German-born bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman. He moved to Paris at a young age and settled in London at 23. In 1795 he established a print-shop and drawing-school on the Strand, very close to the Royal Academy of Arts and his business quickly expanded and flourished. As a publisher Ackermann was both creative and efficient, bringing to the commercial production of color plate books innovative techniques and an uncompromising attention to detail which ensured uniform high quality (ODNB). He was also an innovator in carriage design and was an early adopter and promoter of gas lighting. WILLIAM COMBE (1742 - 1823) was a British writer best known as the author of The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's color plates. He also wrote the texts for various illustrated books, including Oxford, Cambridge and Westminster published by Ackermann.
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Large quarto (37 x 31cm). A tall untrimmed copy. [viii],56,72,27,32,34,22,40,34,43pp. With 44 beautiful hand coloured aquatints of the colleges after Pugin, Westall &c plus 4 coloured plates of costumes. A clean & fresh copy with the usual offsetting of the plates onto text (though not the other way round), a handful of text lea…ves with some foxing. Very smart 20th C half red crushed morocco. Teg. With the bookplates of R.N.H. Moore Stevens, Austin Smith, Geoffrey Escroyd & Alan Waterworth. Title-page with small stain to upper right margin. VG. [Abbey Scenery 438; Hamilton 309; Prideaux 332; Tooley 3; Harcourt 25; Adams 116].
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Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1808 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd repri…nt. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 306 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 306 Volume 3 Language: English.
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Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1808 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd repri…nt. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 264 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 264 Volume 2 Language: English.
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, , IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1808 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd repri…nt. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 253 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 253 Volume 1 Language: English.
