Lot 216
Cambridge.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., first edition, 1815.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Cambridge.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester and 95 plates including the 16 portraits of Founders, all fine hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Stadler, Havell, Agar, Bluck, Hill and Reeve after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Uwins and Pyne, list of subscribers, bookplates to front pastedowns of vol. 1 & 2, and to front endpaper of vol. 2 only, ink inscription to vol. 1 front endpaper, plates bright and clean but offset, some damp-staining to Duke of Gloucester f. and a few others in vol. 1, mostly marginal, light foxing to last few ff. in vol. 2 , scattered spotting and surface soiling, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, spines faded, some cracking at vol. 2 joints, rubbed and bumped, t.e.g., [Abbey Scenery 80; Tooley 4], 4to, 1815.
Description
Cambridge.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Cambridge, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester and 95 plates including the 16 portraits of Founders, all fine hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Stadler, Havell, Agar, Bluck, Hill and Reeve after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Uwins and Pyne, list of subscribers, bookplates to front pastedowns of vol. 1 & 2, and to front endpaper of vol. 2 only, ink inscription to vol. 1 front endpaper, plates bright and clean but offset, some damp-staining to Duke of Gloucester f. and a few others in vol. 1, mostly marginal, light foxing to last few ff. in vol. 2 , scattered spotting and surface soiling, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, spines faded, some cracking at vol. 2 joints, rubbed and bumped, t.e.g., [Abbey Scenery 80; Tooley 4], 4to, 1815.
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