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ACKERMANN & CO. (publishers). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments. London: R. Ackermann, 1812.
First edition, second issue with the first plate in vol. II signed 'A. Pugin delt.' Abbey Scenery 213; Prideaux p. 331; Tooley pp. 1-5.
2 volumes, quarto (331 x 278mm). Engraved portrait, plan and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates (without half-titles, final leaf of subscribers misbound before 'Arrangement of the plates', portrait in vol. I and few plates in vol. II heavily offset onto text, tiny marginal chip to plate 10, some other offsetting, some light browning, heavier to end of vol. I, gathering 2C, leaf 2I1 and pl. 59 in vol. II heavily spotted, otherwise only occasional light insignificant spotting mainly confined to text). Contemporary russia, covers with inset panels of marbled-paper covered boards, marbled edges (rebacked). Provenance: William Harwood Folliot (armorial bookplate) – George Folliot (armorial bookplate) – Gloucester (bookplate).
First edition, second issue with the first plate in vol. II signed 'A. Pugin delt.' Abbey Scenery 213; Prideaux p. 331; Tooley pp. 1-5.
2 volumes, quarto (331 x 278mm). Engraved portrait, plan and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates (without half-titles, final leaf of subscribers misbound before 'Arrangement of the plates', portrait in vol. I and few plates in vol. II heavily offset onto text, tiny marginal chip to plate 10, some other offsetting, some light browning, heavier to end of vol. I, gathering 2C, leaf 2I1 and pl. 59 in vol. II heavily spotted, otherwise only occasional light insignificant spotting mainly confined to text). Contemporary russia, covers with inset panels of marbled-paper covered boards, marbled edges (rebacked). Provenance: William Harwood Folliot (armorial bookplate) – George Folliot (armorial bookplate) – Gloucester (bookplate).
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