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The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics. [London]: R. Ackermann, 1809-18 [series 1: 1809-15, series 2: 1816-18].
20 volumes in 10, 8° (238 x 150 mm). Engraved titles in vols. I-IV of the first series, letterpress title in volumes IV-V only in the second series. 747 engraved plates only (of 764), many hand-coloured, a few with fabric samples. (Lacking letterpress titles in vols. I-III and VI of the 2nd series and 17 plates, light offsetting, light browning and spotting throughout, occasional staining, a few closed tears.) Contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Volume I a presentation copy from Rudolph Ackermann to Joshua Watson ('Allow me the pleasure of presenting you with my annual Forget me Not', he writes in a tipped in, 2-page letter, dated Strand 29 December 1823) -- purchased from Marshall Field, 6 January 1930.
Ackermannn's fascinating record of fashion in Georgian England ran from 1809 to 1828, and contained his first work of lithography in plates 641, 648 and 654 of volume III, 1817. ‘In the number for April 1817 a plate (number 641) of unusual importance, being one of the first attempts on the part of Ackermann in lithography. The original was a seascape in chalk by S. Prout, and the reproduction is an interesting and typical specimen of early lithography in this country’. Abbey Life 212. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
20 volumes in 10, 8° (238 x 150 mm). Engraved titles in vols. I-IV of the first series, letterpress title in volumes IV-V only in the second series. 747 engraved plates only (of 764), many hand-coloured, a few with fabric samples. (Lacking letterpress titles in vols. I-III and VI of the 2nd series and 17 plates, light offsetting, light browning and spotting throughout, occasional staining, a few closed tears.) Contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt in compartments (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Volume I a presentation copy from Rudolph Ackermann to Joshua Watson ('Allow me the pleasure of presenting you with my annual Forget me Not', he writes in a tipped in, 2-page letter, dated Strand 29 December 1823) -- purchased from Marshall Field, 6 January 1930.
Ackermannn's fascinating record of fashion in Georgian England ran from 1809 to 1828, and contained his first work of lithography in plates 641, 648 and 654 of volume III, 1817. ‘In the number for April 1817 a plate (number 641) of unusual importance, being one of the first attempts on the part of Ackermann in lithography. The original was a seascape in chalk by S. Prout, and the reproduction is an interesting and typical specimen of early lithography in this country’. Abbey Life 212. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
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