BOYDELL JOHN and JOSIAH An History of the River Thames

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BOYDELL, JOHN and JOSIAH. An History of the River Thames. Engraved frontispiece, two-sheet engraved map, 76 hand-colored aquatint plates. 2 volumes. Folio, 430x330 mm, early boards, extremities slightly rubbed, several joints just starting; dampstaining to frontispiece, usual toning to text; lacking the free endpapers, half-titles, and dedication leaf. London, 1794-96

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Later issue of the First Edition, without the half-titles and the dedication leaf. "The presence of these titles, and also of the Dedication to the King, proves a copy to be of the first printing, both being removed from later impressions"--Abbey, Scenery 432.