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A rare collection of a coloured set of hunting and racing scenes, sixteen of which drawn by the eminent Henry Alken (1785-1851). Despite the title label saying 'Alken's Sporting Scraps' the plates and bibliography state these as Ackermann's Sporting Scraps. Each of the prints has a consistent running title of 'R. Ackermann's Hunting Scraps', 'Ackermann's Coaching Scraps' etc., with an individual title below the image. Hunting Scraps, 4 numbered plates after H. Alken (Drawing Cover; Gone Away; Full Cry; The Death), 13 March 1861. Steeple Chase Scraps, 4 numbered plates after H. Alken (Getting away. Now for the front; The Brook; The Stone wall and double fence; The Last Struggle), 20 February 1850. Coaching Scraps. 4 numbered plates after W. J. Shayer (The Wet Morning; Springing 'em; The Rivals; The Time Keeper), 20 March 1854. Racing Scraps, 4 numbered plates after H. Alken (Training; Preparing to Start; Started; The Race), 27 April 1850. Shooting Scraps, 4 numbered plates after H. Alken (Going Out; The Point; The Shot; Down Charge), 10 June 1850. First collected edition; landscape 4to (22.5 x 28.5 cm); 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, heightened with gum arabic, by J. Harris after H. Alken and W. J. Shayer, bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting mostly to margins; fine full green crushed morocco by J. Larkins, boards double ruled in gilt with gilt floral corner pieces, board edges ruled in gilt, spine gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, crushed red morocco title label to front pastedown in gilt, a little light rubbing to extremities. Provenance: Ward family (bookplate). Siltzer p67 (only Hunting, Steeple Chasing, and Racing); not in Abbey or Tooley.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. xviii, [2]plate list, 330, [6]index; 2 p.l., 275, [4]index. complete with list of subscribers & half-titles wanting. 1 engraved plan, 1 engraved portrait, 1 hand-coloured line engraving, & 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates (incl. frontis. & title) by J.Bluck, J.Hamble, T.Sutherland, & others after A.Pugin, F.Mackenzie, H.Villiers, T.Uwins, &c. contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spines mounted, all edges gilt (spine ends & joints rubbed, plates offset, scattered foxing - generally light & occasional light embrowning). First Edition, First Issue. Tooley 2. Abbey, Scenery, 213. Prideaux p. 331.…

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Collation, xviii,146pp, 185pp, 32 coloured plates, complete as listed. Bound in later cloth, with leather title labels. Cloth lightly rubbed, slightly faded. Both volumes in good clean firm condition. Internally, light offsetting opposite plates. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A very nice clean set. …

1st Edition. First edition, early issue, with the plates unnumbered. 24 hand-colored aquatint plates after M. Schuetz, 1 map. xiv, [2], [1]-178 pp. 1 vols. Folio (13 1/4 x 11 in.). One of Ackermann's most breathtaking color plate books - these exquisite views of the Rhine are justly prized for their matchless beauty. Abbey Travel 217; Martin Hardie, pp. 107-8, 312; Prideaux, p. 337; Tooley (1954), # 234 Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt, all edges gilt, rebacked, corners somewhat rubbed, offsetting from plates and text, very good, attractive copy 24 hand-colored aquatint plates after M. Schuetz, 1 map. xiv, [2], [1]-178 pp. 1 vols. Folio (13 1/4 x 11 in.) First edition, early issue, with the plates unnumbered.…

First edition, two volumes, 4to. 115 plates - a portrait of Lord Grenville, 64 hand coloured aquatints and 17 hand coloured engravings of the various gowns plus the 33 Founders plates, all in excellent condition. Frontispiece and one further plate plus the text in volume I, with the bulk of the plates and the plate list bound in volume II. Handsomely bound in 20th century brown crushed half morocco, t.e.g., faint rubbing to the spines otherwise a handsome set. A well preserved collection of perhaps the most beautiful illustrations printed of the city; Ackermann utilising some of the finest artists of the day - men such as Pugin, Westall and Nash - to make the drawings. Abbey, Scenery, 278-80. Tooley 5. Of the points noted by the above two bibliographies, four plates are in the earlier state. The plate list is in its second state, including the Founders' plates.…