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MORNAY. A Picture of St. Petersburgh, represented in a collection of twenty interesting views of the city, the sledges and the people. London: J. F. Dove for Edward Orme, 1815 [plates on unwatermarked paper].
2° (470 x 305mm). Letterpress title, descriptive text, explanations of the plates in English and French (4 leaves), engraved title, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourgh after Mornay, numbered 'January' to 'December' and 1-8, including 12 views of St. Petersburg and 8 of different types of sledge or carriage. (Engraved title with light offsetting, plate for January slightly stained and with neatly repaired marginal tear, plate for December just trimmed into plate-mark area at lower margin, not affecting text or image. Contemporary half red morocco (split to lower section of front joint, head of spine chipped, corners bumped). Abbey Travel 226; Tooley 355.
2° (470 x 305mm). Letterpress title, descriptive text, explanations of the plates in English and French (4 leaves), engraved title, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourgh after Mornay, numbered 'January' to 'December' and 1-8, including 12 views of St. Petersburg and 8 of different types of sledge or carriage. (Engraved title with light offsetting, plate for January slightly stained and with neatly repaired marginal tear, plate for December just trimmed into plate-mark area at lower margin, not affecting text or image. Contemporary half red morocco (split to lower section of front joint, head of spine chipped, corners bumped). Abbey Travel 226; Tooley 355.