About this Book
First Edition of Ackermann’s masterpiece on the interior and exterior views of Westminster Abbey including architectural features such as the stained glass windows, mosaic pavement, the chapels, monuments, effigies and transepts. The artist included F. Mackenzie, A. Pugin, J. Bluck, T. Uwins, G. Shepherd, J. Hamble, T. Sutherland and others.
81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, engraved plan of the Abbey, engraved portrait of the Dean of Westminster, William Vincent, some offsetting from plates to text (heavier from portrait plate), near contemporary calf with gilt border, spine in six compartments with gilt design and lettering, g.e., neatly rebacked preserving original spine, corners a little bumped [Abbey, Scenery 213; Adams 108; Tooley 2], folio (350 x 280mm.), R. Ackermann, 1812.
Bibliographic Details
Title: The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter’s Westminster
Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London
Publication Date: 1812
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First
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