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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. large 4to., unpaginated, printed title, 159 pages of text and 87 finely engraved plates each with one or two leaves or explanatory text, occasional some light scattered spotting mainly to text leaves, one leaf with repair (without loss) to extreme outer margin, marbled endpapers, bound in contemporary full tree calf, professionally and skillfully recased with the original gilt decorated spine in compartments laid down with a contrasting red morocco title label. A VG+ tightly bound copy of this scarce work. The Copper-Plate Magazine, a collection of sublime and interesting Views in Great Britain and Ireland beautifully engraved by some of the most eminent artists from paintings and drawings of the First Masters. With plates by Paul, Sandby, Thomas Cook, Thomas Ryder, Godfrey Kneller, William Sharp, Joseph Collyer, William Walker, Charles Grignion, James Roberts, Edward Rooker, Michael Angelo Rooker, John Hall, William Watts, Benjamin Green.