London: Printed for John Murray… by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814. With Fifty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting a Huge Range of Social Types ALEXANDER, William. Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings, with descriptions. London: Printed for John Murray… by W. Bulmer and..... More
London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1804. A Humorous Work by Humphry Repton, with Ten Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Fine in the Original Boards, Uncut REPTON, Humphry. Odd Whims; and Miscellanies. London: Printed for William Miller, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1804. First edition. Two small octavo volumes (7 3/4..... More
Paris: Chez l’auteur et chez Alphonse Giroux, 1818. Isabey’s Grotesque and Indelicate Caricatures [ISABEY, Jean-Baptiste. Caricatures de J.J. Paris: Chez l’auteur et chez Alphonse Giroux, 1818. First edition. Title from front wrapper. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 14 inches; 263 x 356 mm.). Twelve numbered hand-colored lithographed plates loose in wrappers as..... More
Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. Exceedingly Scarce Familiar Scenes of Parisian Society Caught in the Wry [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -, PIGAL, &c, &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. First (only) issue, complete. Folio (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 inches: 342 x 262..... More
London: Printed for the Author… and William Faden…, 1792. "Real Views, Accurately taken on the spot by the Author" Sixty-Five Aquatint Plates with Early Twentieth Century Hand Coloring ROBERTSON, Archibald. A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol. With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1894. "I do not claim to do any more than give the dry bones of stage-coaching" BLEW, William C.A. Brighton and its Coaches. A History of the London and Brighton Road. With some account of the provincial coaches that have run from Brighton. With twenty illustrations from..... More
London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. Thomas Rowlandson’s “Dance of Life” [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Dance of Life, A Poem, by the Author of “Doctor Syntax;” Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, by Thomas Rowlandson. London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. First edition. Octavo (8/15/16..... More
Paris: F. Savy, [1845]. With Eighty Fine hand-Colored Engraved Plates of Butterflies and Moths LUCAS, H. Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères d'Europe par H. Lucas. Avec 80 planches représentant 400 sujets. Peintes d'apres nature. Gravées sur acier par Pauquet. Paris: F. Savy, [1864]. [Third edition]. Octavo (9 9/16 x 6 1/8 inches;..... More
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. Seventy-Three Fine Hand-Colored Stipple Engravings of The Russian Empire With Descriptions Derived From Authentic Sources [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First edition, later issue..... More
Paris: Amédée Bédelet, [1857]. Twenty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting the Species in the Second Oldest Zoological Gardens in the World PAUQUET, Jean Louis Charles, illustrator. Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse. Dessins d'après Nature par Pauquet, Lithographiés par Bocquin. Texte Illustré de 140 Vignettes sur Bois. Paris..... More
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. With Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Plates FELLOWES, W.D. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes, taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with numerous coloured engravings, from..... More
London: James Ridgway, 1828-9. One Hundred and Seventy-Six Fine Hand-Colored Engraved Plates of Flowering Plants and Shrubs EDWARDS, Sydenham. LINDLEY,John. The Botanical Register; or, Ornamental Flower-Garden and Shrubbery. Consisting of coloured figures of plants and shrubs, cultivated in British gardens; accompanied by their History, Best Method of Treatment in Cultivation..... More
London: Printed for B. White, 1776. With Fifty Fine Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Including Forty-Two of Birds BROWN, Pierre (Peter). Nouvelles Illustrations de Zoologie, contenant cinquante planches emluminées d'oiseux curieux, et qui non etés jamais descrits, et quelques de quadrupedes, de reptiles et d'insectes, avec de courtes descriptions systematiques. New Illustrations of Zoology..... More
London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio..... More
London: G. Walker, 1828. "An Exceptionally Rare Costume: Periodical (Colas) WALKER, G[eorge]. The Cyclopaedia of the British Costumes from the Metropolitan Repository of Fashions. London: [G] Walker, May 1828-November 1832. First edition. Volume 2 only (of 5 volumes). Ten original parts bound in one oblong quarto volume (9 7/16 x 11..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of Fifty Large-Paper Copies With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates That are Greatly Superior to those in the Regular Copies SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from drawings..... More
London: , 1827. ALKEN, Henry. Miniature Sporting Prints. [London: ca. 1827]. Small octavo. A group of eight exceptionally fine hand-colored etched plates, all window-mounted (3 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 80 x 135 mm.). (5 3/4 x 8 inches; 145 x 203 mm. with mounts). Preserved in a green buckram..... More
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825. "He could draw Hunting and write about it because he hunted himself, as Ferneley did, or Herring" Fifty Fine Hand-Colored Etched Plates Depicting The National Sports of Great Britain ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain, by Henry Alken. Fifty Engravings with Descriptions. London..... More
London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates, All Heightened With Gum Arabic Showing the Full Sweep of the Hunt Across the Rolling English Countryside… ALKEN, Henry. Fox Hunting. London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (13 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches; 347 x 454 mm.). An untitled series..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1845. The Greatest of All Coaching Books NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B. [ALKEN, Henry]. The Roadsters' Album. London: Messrs. Fores, Jan. 2nd,1845. First edition. Folio (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 inches; 380 x 274 mm.). Hand-colored aquatint pictorial title-page [by Henry Alken] and sixteen hand-colored aquatints, all heightened with gum arabic..... More
London: Ackermann & Co.,, 1833. The Most Complete Issue With Sixteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [BURY, T. T., Illustrator]. Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, With Plates of the Coaches, Machines, &c. from drawings made on the spot by Mr. T. T. Bury. With descriptive particulars, serving as a guide..... More
London: Edward Orme, 1819. First Edition, Earliest Issue "A Handsome Volume" (Prideaux) ORME, Edward. Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, Of Personal Valour, Bravery, and particular Incidents which occurred to the Armies of Great Britian and her Allies, in the last long-contested War, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo. Under the Patronage of..... More
London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh, [1814-15]. An Amazing Large-Paper Copy with the Majority of the Plates in Three States [JENKINS, James]. [HEATH, William, artist]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; From 1799 to 1815. London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1809-18. A Presentation Run of Ackermann’s “Repository of Arts” With 747 Plates, including 45 Plates with Fabric Samples Affixed [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics. Series 1, Volumes I-XIV (January, 1809-December, 1815) and Series 2, Volumes I-VI (January, 1816-December, 1818). London: R...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, [1846]. The Pleasures of Youth… Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13 1/4 x...... More
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