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Abbey on 'Sketches': 'A landmark in the history of the lithograph, in that it may be siad to initiate the series of tinted lithographed views, which were to dominate the market for many years.'
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HARDING (JAMES DUFFIELD): SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD, London, by Charles Tilt, [1836], lge. folio, tinted lithographed title, dedication leaf, and 25 plates (occasional light dampstaining, mostly marginal, and spotting), contemporary half morocco (warped and worn) [Abbey Travel 29] -- MUELLER (WILLIAM JAMES): SKETCHES OF THE AGE OF FRANCIS THE FIRST, London, Henry Graves & Co., 1841, lge. folio, tinted lithographed title, dedication, and 25 plates (marginal damp-staining throughout), contemporary morocco-backed cloth (warped and worn). (2)