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ROWLANDSON, Thomas (1756-1827). Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword. London: Henry Angelo, 1799.
Oblong 2° (308 x 400mm). Hand-coloured aquatint title, 3pp. letterpress dedication, and 23 hand-coloured plates within ruled and aquatint borders by I. Hill after Rowlandson, plates 8 and 9 without imprint, others dated 1798. (Lacks subscriber list, minor repairs to title, light dampstain at upper margin of text leaves, light spotting in one plate, marginal in 3 others, a few short tears repairs.) Modern red half morocco, title label on front cover, gilt edges. Colas 2587; Thimm, p.248; Tooley 414.
Oblong 2° (308 x 400mm). Hand-coloured aquatint title, 3pp. letterpress dedication, and 23 hand-coloured plates within ruled and aquatint borders by I. Hill after Rowlandson, plates 8 and 9 without imprint, others dated 1798. (Lacks subscriber list, minor repairs to title, light dampstain at upper margin of text leaves, light spotting in one plate, marginal in 3 others, a few short tears repairs.) Modern red half morocco, title label on front cover, gilt edges. Colas 2587; Thimm, p.248; Tooley 414.