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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [HAND-COLORED PLATES]. [VAN RYMSDYK, J...

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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [HAND-COLORED PLATES]. [VAN RYMSDYK, John and Andrew, after]. Museum Britannicum; or, a Display in Thirty Two Plates, in Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, in That Noble and Magnificent Cabinet, the British Museum. London: J. Moore, 1791. Large folio. Illustrated with 32 hand-colored plates of displays in the British Museum. 88 pp. Contemporary full calf, rebacked in modern brown morocco (binding heavily worn, scuffed, torn, title-page in modern facsimile, hinges starting, endleaves worn, soiled, text and plates toned and lightly soiled, foxed). Fair. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED. Measurements: 18 x 12 x 1?.