HEATH, WILLIAM, illustrator. Marine Studies. [London]: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824. Oblong small folio, rebound in cloth-backed boards with original printed label on front cover preserved. FIRST EDITION, 8 hand-colored etchings (lower right corners slightly soiled), including title-page, three of which are dated Jan. 1, 1824 (the others undated; two of the plates bear the watermark "J. Whatman 1824"; includes a plate not called for in Abbey Life 144: [i] "Getting ready to go out" and [ii] "yoa hoa hoa" -- [Bound with]: HEATH, WILLIAM, illustrator. Rustic Sketches. [London]: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824. oblong small folio. FIRST EDITION, 7 hand-colored etchings (lower right corners slightly soiled, plates transposed), all dated Jan. 1824, all unwatermarked. Abbey Life 143.

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HEATH, WILLIAM, illustrator. Marine Studies. [London]: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824. Oblong small folio, rebound in cloth-backed boards with original printed label on front cover preserved. FIRST EDITION, 8 hand-colored etchings (lower right corners slightly soiled), including title-page, three of which are dated Jan. 1, 1824 (the others undated; two of the plates bear the watermark "J. Whatman 1824"; includes a plate not called for in Abbey Life 144: [i] "Getting ready to go out" and [ii] "yoa hoa hoa" -- [Bound with]: HEATH, WILLIAM, illustrator. Rustic Sketches. [London]: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824. oblong small folio. FIRST EDITION, 7 hand-colored etchings (lower right corners slightly soiled, plates transposed), all dated Jan. 1824, all unwatermarked. Abbey Life 143.
The first series shows fishing vessels at sea and on shore; smugglers; seal-hunting in the Artic; etc. The second series pictures rural occupations and their mishaps; a county fair; duck-shooting; angling; etc.

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