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ATKINSON, John Augustus (1775-1831) and James WALKER (1748-1808). A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs and Amusements of the Russians. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for the authors and Messrs. Boydell, 1803-4.
3 volumes in 1, 2° (470 x 310mm). Parallel text in English and French. Title to each volume, dedication, preface, lists of plates, stipple-engraved portrait of Alexander I, 100 hand coloured soft-ground etchings, with some aquatinting, by Atkinson. (Lacking half-title, 2 plates spotted (Abbey nos. 20 and 29), occasional light marginal finger-soiling.) Contemporary diced russia, the covers ruled and tooled in gilt and blind, with centrally-placed later gilt arms (rebacked and cornered, lightly scuffed). Provenance: Sir Simon R. B. Taylor Bart. (binding and armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 223; Lipperheide Kaa 21; Colas 171; Tooley 72.
3 volumes in 1, 2° (470 x 310mm). Parallel text in English and French. Title to each volume, dedication, preface, lists of plates, stipple-engraved portrait of Alexander I, 100 hand coloured soft-ground etchings, with some aquatinting, by Atkinson. (Lacking half-title, 2 plates spotted (Abbey nos. 20 and 29), occasional light marginal finger-soiling.) Contemporary diced russia, the covers ruled and tooled in gilt and blind, with centrally-placed later gilt arms (rebacked and cornered, lightly scuffed). Provenance: Sir Simon R. B. Taylor Bart. (binding and armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 223; Lipperheide Kaa 21; Colas 171; Tooley 72.