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Lot 96

[TRAVEL ? VIEWS]. The Copper Plate Magazine, or Elegant Cab...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[TRAVEL ? VIEWS]. The Copper Plate Magazine, or Elegant Cabinet Picturesque Prints Consisting of Sublime and Interesting Views in Great Britain and Ireland. London: J. Walker, [1792?1802]. 5 volumes, small oblong 4to (219 x 270 mm). 250 engravings by J. Walker, J. Rosse, J. Storer and others after T. Girtin, F. Wheatley, H. Repton and others; each under original tissue (occasional spotting to plates near margins). Half contemporary speckled calf, red morocco lettering?pieces gilt, black morocco volume numbers gilt, compartments divided by single fillets gilt (some wear to ends and a few joints, library call numbers at foot). Provenance: Emmanuel Martin (1821?1882), engraved bookplate; institutional embossed stamps discretely throughout. FIRST EDITION of this fine set of English engravings each accompanied with descriptive text on recto. ESTC P172.