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(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London.
Or London in Miniature.
Illustrated with 104 coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with over 200 additional plates, an original Rowlandson water colour and a Pugin letter. The original Rowlandson water colour entitled "Two Musketeers" depicts two musketeers, resting on their guns, conversing with a woman. This edition is founded on the original edition published by Rudolph Ackerman.
3 volumes, octavo. Bound in contemporary half blue morocco, gilt lettered and decorated spines, blue silk boards, gilt rule, silk endpapers, top edges gilt. A little rubbing to extremities but overall in very good condition.


