拍品 209
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A Peep at the Esquimax; or, scenes on the ice. To which is annexed a polar pastoral ... by a lady. London: H. R. Thomas, 1825. 8° (195 x 120mm). Second edition. 20 hand-coloured engraved plates. Hand-coloured engraved illustrations (occasional light soiling and spotting). 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary half cloth (rubbed). Osborne p. 75: "The first edition was also published in 1825". -- The Wonders of the British Metropolis; being an instructive and amusing sketch of London. London: Thomas Tegg, ca. 1823. 12° (140 x 86mm). 8 wood-engraved plates. Wood-engraved vignettes. Contemporary boards with mounted engraved illustrations on covers (rubbed). -- Instructive and Entertaining Dailogues for Children. By Mrs. Guppy. London: E. Wallis, ca. 1822. 8° (170 x 150mm). Third edition. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates (slight offsetting of plates onto text). Original printed card wrappers. -- Cuffy's Description of the Progress of Cotton. London: E. Wallis, ca. 1825. 8° (165 x 100mm). 15 hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations. Modern cloth (lacks original wrappers). -- and 21 others including 5 Wallis's Juvenile Tales, Kindness Rewarded, A New Year's Gift, The Overthrow of Pride, The Good-Natured Girl and The Reward of Humanity (each ca. 1810). (24)

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A Peep at the Esquimax; or, scenes on the ice. To which is annexed a polar pastoral ... by a lady. London: H. R. Thomas, 1825. 8° (195 x 120mm). Second edition. 20 hand-coloured engraved plates. Hand-coloured engraved illustrations (occasional light soiling and spotting). 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary half cloth (rubbed). Osborne p. 75: "The first edition was also published in 1825". -- The Wonders of the British Metropolis; being an instructive and amusing sketch of London. London: Thomas Tegg, ca. 1823. 12° (140 x 86mm). 8 wood-engraved plates. Wood-engraved vignettes. Contemporary boards with mounted engraved illustrations on covers (rubbed). -- Instructive and Entertaining Dailogues for Children. By Mrs. Guppy. London: E. Wallis, ca. 1822. 8° (170 x 150mm). Third edition. Engraved frontispiece and 3 engraved plates (slight offsetting of plates onto text). Original printed card wrappers. -- Cuffy's Description of the Progress of Cotton. London: E. Wallis, ca. 1825. 8° (165 x 100mm). 15 hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations. Modern cloth (lacks original wrappers). -- and 21 others including 5 Wallis's Juvenile Tales, Kindness Rewarded, A New Year's Gift, The Overthrow of Pride, The Good-Natured Girl and The Reward of Humanity (each ca. 1810). (24)