ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments. London: L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh for Ackermann, 1812.

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ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments. London: L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh for Ackermann, 1812.

2 volumes, 4° (337 x 274mm). Letterpress half-titles and titles. Engraved plan and portrait of William Vincent (spotted), hand-coloured engraved title to vol. II and 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates. (Some offsetting of plates onto text, occasional light spotting of text.) Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (upper joint of vol. I neatly repaired, the other joints rubbed). Provenance: James Foster Wadmore (armorial bookplate). Abbey Scenery 213; Tooley 2. (2)

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