hardcover
1821 · London
by VILLENEUX, Rene-Claude Geoffrey, de
London: Ackermann, 1821. hardcover. near fine. Edited by Frederic Shoberl. 4 volumes. 12mo., (5 4/8 x 3 3/8 inches). Hand-colored engraved frontispiece to each volume, additional hand-colored engraved title-page to volume one. 47 plates in all, including 20 aquatints and 7 folding (all clean and bright). Contemporary diced calf, decoratively gilt spines. Ackermann's reputation as the publisher of color-plate books is of the highest quality. London: R. Ackermann, (1821). Abbey Travel. No. 6. page 5. Tooley: English Books with Coloured Plates: 515 page 411. Each volume has the bookplate of Rudolph Valentino. Near Fine.
(Inventory #: 268557)