Nov 29, 2007 - Sale 2130

Sale 2130 - Lot 296

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
WESTMACOTT, CHARLES MOLLOY. The English Spy. 72 colored plates, including 67 by Robert Cruikshank, 2 by Rowlandson, and one each by Wageman and Brightly; 36 woodcut illustrations. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo, handsome cherry morocco with gilt fillet borders, floral sprays in corners and along spine compartments, top edges gilt. London, 1825-26
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first edition, first issue with the plate facing page 389 of Volume 1 dated 1284 instead of 1824 among other first issue points. Includes the rare Rowlandson plate at page 411 "R.A.'s of Genius, reflecting on the true line of beauty, at the Life Academy, Somerset House" which is often lacking.