![PUGIN, Augustus (1762-1832) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1757-1827), illustrators. The Microcosm of London. London: R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]. 3 volumes, 4° (335 x 264mm). Half-titles, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck, Stadler and others after Pugin and Rowlandson. (Light offsets and a few spots and stains to plates, offsetting to text and some light browning in earlier part, some soiling of plate margins, scattered stains to a few leaves in vol. I, I3 of vol. III creased.) Contemporary diced Russia, covers with gilt-ruled and palmette borders, marbled endpapers and edges (rebacked preserving old spines, some scuff marks, corners rubbed). Provenance: Frederick Seymour Clark (bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12139_0194_000(pugin_augustus_and_thomas_rowlandson_illustrators_the_microcosm_of_lon102442).jpg?w=1)
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PUGIN, Augustus (1762-1832) and Thomas ROWLANDSON (1757-1827), illustrators. The Microcosm of London
London: R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]. 3 volumes, 4° (335 x 264mm). Half-titles, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck, Stadler and others after Pugin and Rowlandson. (Light offsets and a few spots and stains to plates, offsetting to text and some light browning in earlier part, some soiling of plate margins, scattered stains to a few leaves in vol. I, I3 of vol. III creased.) Contemporary diced Russia, covers with gilt-ruled and palmette borders, marbled endpapers and edges (rebacked preserving old spines, some scuff marks, corners rubbed). Provenance: Frederick Seymour Clark (bookplate).
EARLY ISSUE of this brilliantly conceived collaborative work between Pugin and Rowlandson, the former providing the architectural designs, the latter the 'artfully disposed' human figures on the plates. Newgate Chapel with 1801 watermark; other plates watermarked 1807-08. Originally issued in 26 monthly parts. Abbey Scenery 212; Ray 33; Tooley 7.
London: R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]. 3 volumes, 4° (335 x 264mm). Half-titles, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedications, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck, Stadler and others after Pugin and Rowlandson. (Light offsets and a few spots and stains to plates, offsetting to text and some light browning in earlier part, some soiling of plate margins, scattered stains to a few leaves in vol. I, I3 of vol. III creased.) Contemporary diced Russia, covers with gilt-ruled and palmette borders, marbled endpapers and edges (rebacked preserving old spines, some scuff marks, corners rubbed). Provenance: Frederick Seymour Clark (bookplate).
EARLY ISSUE of this brilliantly conceived collaborative work between Pugin and Rowlandson, the former providing the architectural designs, the latter the 'artfully disposed' human figures on the plates. Newgate Chapel with 1801 watermark; other plates watermarked 1807-08. Originally issued in 26 monthly parts. Abbey Scenery 212; Ray 33; Tooley 7.
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