1808 ❧ ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH. 1764-1834. WILLIAM HENRY PYNE. 1769-1843. WILLIAM COMBE. 1742-...

1808 ❧ ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH. 1764-1834. WILLIAM HENRY PYNE. 1769-1843. WILLIAM COMBE. 1742-1823. Microcosm of London. [London: T. Bensley for R. Ackermann, 1808-10] 3 volumes. Large 4to (330 x 271 mm). Woodcut title-pages, engraved dedication pages by Robert Ashby and Thomas Williamson after drawings by E.F. Burney and Thomas Tomkins, 104 handcolored aquatints by J. Bluck, J. Stadler, Hill and Sutherland after Thomas Rowlandson and A. Pugin. Some faint spotting, very occasional offsetting to text. Later crimson straight-grain morocco, gilt-panelled and tooled in blind, with scrolling gilt foliate cornerpieces to the central panels, spines and turn-ins gilt, gilt edges. Volumes 1 and 3 rebacked with original spines laid down. Provenance: Robert Norton Ganz (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. ' No graphic artist has surpassed Rowlandson in presenting the patterned activity of day-to-day communal existence.' (Ray). Abbey Scenery 212. Ray English #33 (one of the 100). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing