Lot 89
Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Country versus Town, McLean, 1823.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Country versus Town, letterpress title (trimmed at foot, touching date), 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 or 2 trimmed at foot just within platemark, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, contemporary half morocco, old morocco reback, chipping and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, [Bobins 641; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, McLean, 1823.
⁂ Among Egerton's rarest satires, contrasting the simple pleasures of the country with the noise and pageantry of the town. We can trace no complete set at auction since 1978.
Description
Egerton (Daniel Thomas) Country versus Town, letterpress title (trimmed at foot, touching date), 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 or 2 trimmed at foot just within platemark, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, contemporary half morocco, old morocco reback, chipping and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, [Bobins 641; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, McLean, 1823.
⁂ Among Egerton's rarest satires, contrasting the simple pleasures of the country with the noise and pageantry of the town. We can trace no complete set at auction since 1978.
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