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The Royal Engagement Pocket Atlas for the Year 1812. London: Couchman for Baker, 1812.
16o (117 x 74 mm). 24 engraved vignettes by Thomas Stothard. Contemporary ivory, tan, red and black morocco elaborately gilt, ivory morocco central elongated octagonal panel tooled with urn and floral design in gilt, surrounded by 3 inlaid borders with scalloped edges of red morocco with gilt floral tooling, tan morocco tooled with tiny gilt circles, and a black morocco tooled with stars and circles, within a tan-, red- and black morocco border tooled with various roll tools, pink silk endpapers, flat spine tolled vertically with on roll tool; matching slipcase (very minor rubbing to corners). Provenance: purchased from Chiswick Book Shop, 10 October 1960.
An elegant binding with matching slipcase, with the outer border of the slipcase just a little wider than on the binding.
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An elegant binding with matching slipcase, with the outer border of the slipcase just a little wider than on the binding.