Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Colleges..., 1816

Ackermann (Rudolph)

The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ’s Hospital, First edition, 47 hand-coloured aquatint plates, lacking one plate (Eton Scholar), Whatman 1812 or 1813 watermarks, and plates in the earlier states, by Havell, Stadler, Bluck, and others, after Westall, Mackenzie, Pugin, and others, ‘Charter House, from the Play Ground’ with overlaid title label, intermittent offsetting and spotting, armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims and "Manley Sims Eton Collection" ink stamp to title page, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, tear at foot of spine, large 4to, R. Ackermann, 1816.