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ROWLANDSON, T. (illustrator) Miseries of Human Life: designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Oblong 8° (255 x 190mm). Hand-coloured etched title and 49 plates by Thomas Rowlandson, Bunbury and others, half red morocco gilt by Riviere & Son. (Two plates trimmed and mounted, some light spotting) gilt edges. Provenance: Horace Walpole (bookplate).
ATKINSON, John Augustus (illustrator). Sixteen Scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life by one of the Wretched, London: William Miller, 1807. Oblong 8° (165 x 200mm). Hand-coloured title vignette and 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Augustus Atkinson, contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco gilt by Morrell, top edge gilt, others uncut, original upper wrapper bound in at end (soiled). (2)
ATKINSON, John Augustus (illustrator). Sixteen Scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life by one of the Wretched, London: William Miller, 1807. Oblong 8° (165 x 200mm). Hand-coloured title vignette and 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Augustus Atkinson, contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco gilt by Morrell, top edge gilt, others uncut, original upper wrapper bound in at end (soiled). (2)
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