Lot 135
Hassell (John) A Series of Original Specimens Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, Thomas McLean, 1818.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Hassell (John) A Series of Original Specimens Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hassell after Dewint, Turner, Prout, Payne, Cartwright and others, some restoration and light finger-soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, repair and restoration to extremities, light rubbing and creasing, preserved in morocco-backed drop-back box, [Bobins 656; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Thomas McLean, 1818.
⁂ Rare issue of this work that appeared in an expanded form as Hassell's Aqua Pictura. We have been unable to trace any institutional copies of this work.
Description
Hassell (John) A Series of Original Specimens Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hassell after Dewint, Turner, Prout, Payne, Cartwright and others, some restoration and light finger-soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, repair and restoration to extremities, light rubbing and creasing, preserved in morocco-backed drop-back box, [Bobins 656; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Thomas McLean, 1818.
⁂ Rare issue of this work that appeared in an expanded form as Hassell's Aqua Pictura. We have been unable to trace any institutional copies of this work.
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