first edition
1809 · London
by Taylor, Jane and Ann
London: Printed for Darton and Harvey by W. Darton, and Joseph and James Harvey, 1809. First edition. First edition. 12mo. Two separate titles bound contemporaneously. The excessively rare and important "Rural Scenes," the first book by Jane and Ann Taylor, few if any copies sold of the first edition (i.e. 1805) in recent memory, and few held in institutions. Three-quarter light tan polished calf, black calf label on gilt spine, early marbled boards, endsheets. "Rural Scenes," 64pp., 32 plates with superb woodcut engravings; "City Scenes," 76pp., 36 plates with exquisite woodcut engravings. A wonderfully preserved, clean, tight and near fine copy internally. edge-wear to calf. A rare survival indeed.
(Inventory #: 4195)