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MOORE, Lieutenant Joseph. Eighteen Views taken at & near Rangoon. London: Thomas Clay, [plates dated 1825-1826].
Series I only (of two), 2° (506 x 362mm). Engraved dedication serving as a title, engraved subscribers' leaf, 3 lithographic leaves of subscribers, 18 FINE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT VIEWS by H.Pyall, H.Hunt and others after Moore, plate 14 marked 'Proof'. (Title and first subscribers' leaf with old dampstaining, tissue-guards attached to blank verso of preceding plates.) Early issue with plate 16 in first state with 'ajacent' spelling. Without the second series of 6 plates; a folding engraved map and the explanatory text. Cf. Abbey Travel 4040; Tooley 334.
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22 hand-coloured aquatint plates (506 x 362mm.), extracted from Rev. William BRADFORD's Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain. (London: 1809). The complete work contains 54 plates, cf. Abbey Travel 135. [and] 9 lithographic views (420 x 285mm. approx.) by Engelmann after C.Bourgeois, each titled Vues de Suisse and dated 1820 or 1821.
3 part works in one volume. Contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, printed paper label on upper cover (worn). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
Series I only (of two), 2° (506 x 362mm). Engraved dedication serving as a title, engraved subscribers' leaf, 3 lithographic leaves of subscribers, 18 FINE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT VIEWS by H.Pyall, H.Hunt and others after Moore, plate 14 marked 'Proof'. (Title and first subscribers' leaf with old dampstaining, tissue-guards attached to blank verso of preceding plates.) Early issue with plate 16 in first state with 'ajacent' spelling. Without the second series of 6 plates; a folding engraved map and the explanatory text. Cf. Abbey Travel 4040; Tooley 334.
[Bound with:]
22 hand-coloured aquatint plates (506 x 362mm.), extracted from Rev. William BRADFORD's Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain. (London: 1809). The complete work contains 54 plates, cf. Abbey Travel 135. [and] 9 lithographic views (420 x 285mm. approx.) by Engelmann after C.Bourgeois, each titled Vues de Suisse and dated 1820 or 1821.
3 part works in one volume. Contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, printed paper label on upper cover (worn). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.