Lot 138
M'Lean (Thomas, publisher) Country Scenes & Characters, c.1826.
Hammer Price: £2,600
Description
[M'Lean (Thomas, publisher)] [Country Scenes & Characters], 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates with captions above and further caption and imprint below, trimmed close and mounted on thick card, colours bright and fresh, plates c.205 x 245mm., early 20th century dark green half morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, oblong 4to, c.1826.
⁂ Titles of this rare group of plates, of which the BM only has some, are: A Country Wedding; Country Christening; A Coroners Inquest; A Missionary Society Meeting; The Sunday before Confirmation; A Country Burial. Three are signed F., one A. Parson and one A.Sexton (the latter two presumably spurious).
Description
[M'Lean (Thomas, publisher)] [Country Scenes & Characters], 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates with captions above and further caption and imprint below, trimmed close and mounted on thick card, colours bright and fresh, plates c.205 x 245mm., early 20th century dark green half morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, oblong 4to, c.1826.
⁂ Titles of this rare group of plates, of which the BM only has some, are: A Country Wedding; Country Christening; A Coroners Inquest; A Missionary Society Meeting; The Sunday before Confirmation; A Country Burial. Three are signed F., one A. Parson and one A.Sexton (the latter two presumably spurious).