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An attractive volume containing "Engravings from Original Pictures of the most pleasing Subject, furnished by the Art of Design." The images are split between stipple genre scenes (such as "Enjoyment" and "Moderation"...) and engraved scenes of England and elsewhere. The views are not attributed, but the stipples are by Taylor. An unusual and delightful plate book. $650
Joseph Strutt. Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. London: White & Co. and seven others, 1810. Second edition. Quarto. 40 hand colored engraved plates include frontispiece. A few of the plates are out of sequence. Half leather with marbled boards, rehinged and rebacked. Gentle time toning throughout, colors bright, slight foxing on initial and terminal leaves. A fine example. Not in Tooley, English Books with Colour Plates. Collates complete with directions to binder.
A lovely example of a British study of various sports in England using illustrations from illuminated manuscripts and stained glass windows, which were the obvious inspiration for these lovely prints. The study of games for all the classes, jousting and hawking for the nobility, chess and backgammon for the intelligentsia, wrestling and bowling for the commoners, and field games for children are all included. An English color plate book that uses pictorial sources for its primary authority. $750
Rudolph Ackermann. A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings. London: R. Ackermann, 1814. 2 large quarto volumes. Large paper copy. 81 hand–colored, aquatint plates. Half leather with marbled end papers. Tooley: 5. This is a particularly superior example of Ackermann's Oxford.
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A marvelous copy of this classic study of Oxford University. Ackermann's two volume set includes copious text on the history of the university and its colleges, but its glory lies in the 81 superb aquatints. These include general views of the city, images of the colleges, and a series of portraits of the various dress of instructors and students at Oxford. Tooley states that "only one copy on large paper was printed for 20 on small paper." Tooley also writes, "Of the forty or fifty copies I have examined, not one has contained all the...plates in the first state. The British Museum copy has all but two in the first state, and the Victoria and Albert Museum copy has likewise all but two...." This copy has all but four in the first state and it fulfills all five points that Tooley requires for a "really choice" copy." $5,600
William Mudford. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher , comprising the Battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo . . .. Quarto. London: Henry Colburn, 1817. 28 hand colored, aquatint plates on wove Whatman paper with 1816 watermark, plus two folding maps. Slight spotting, and transferring to titlepage with the rest of the interior excellent. Full leather binding stamped in gold, rehinged. Silk endpapers with gold stamping. All page ends gilt. According to Tooley, 336, most copies are missing the frontispiece portrait of Shaw, and as with this copy, plate 26 "Portraits of the General Officers" is substituted. A beautiful and above average copy of this book.
Collation: Free endpaper (silk), 2 flyleaves, engraved title with bust of Wellington at top, printed title as above, dedication to Duke of Wellington 2ll., preface 3ll., description of plates 2ll., explanation of figures in plan 1l., pp. 1-320, appendix pp. 321-362, index pp. 363-8, map, plan, 28 plates. Each plate with imprint "Published by H. Colburn Conduit Street 1816 except frontispiece which bears no imprint.
Here is a fitting British publisher's tribute to the great Battle of Waterloo and the campaign that saved Europe from the continued aggressions of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815. The superb prints give what today would be a virtual "walk through" of the region using scenes and a map as well as battle art. Most copies which come up for sale today are missing plates or in distressed condition because old leather bindings often fall apart when supporting such a large assemblage of plates and text. A full collation will be provided upon request. $2,800
George Cruikshank. The Genius of George Cruikshank. 2 vols. Large quarto. Each volume has the same spine title and half title, but one has title: An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray and the other An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by John Wilson. London, 1840 and 1843. These two essays provide octavo title pages and text that precede many leaves of text and prints that are inlaid into large quarto leaves. Volumes contain 234 leaves and 211 leaves respectively. Half leather binding with some water induced distressing to the boards. Gold stamping on spines and boards. A lovely and interesting set.
These unique, extra illustrated books provide a splendid study in word and example of George Cruikshank's art. The art pieces range from small woodcut and steel engraved book illustrations to foldout hand colored separately issued caricatures. There are seven examples of the latter, and eleven aquatints from W.H. Ireland's Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (1823) [see Tooley, 278], 12 colored plates from The Wit's Magazine, among others. A more detailed list of illustrations can be provided upon request. $3,600
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