EGERTON, Daniel Thomas (1797-1842). The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion . London: Thomas McLean, 1823.
EGERTON, Daniel Thomas (1797-1842). The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion . London: Thomas McLean, 1823. Oblong 2º (260 x 364mm). Letterpress title and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Brown morocco by Morrell, spine richly gilt with floral sprays, front cover gilt-lettered in period style, top edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Provenance : acquired at American Art Galleries, 1934 RARE FIRST EDITION, with pre-publication watermarks. Each plate illustrates some essential quality of a fashionable beau, with the legends providing an ironic commentary on the foibles of the times. Plates watermarked 1822: the Abbey copy is watermarked 1824-25. Abbey Life , 286; Tooley 204.
EGERTON, Daniel Thomas (1797-1842). The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion . London: Thomas McLean, 1823.
EGERTON, Daniel Thomas (1797-1842). The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion . London: Thomas McLean, 1823. Oblong 2º (260 x 364mm). Letterpress title and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Brown morocco by Morrell, spine richly gilt with floral sprays, front cover gilt-lettered in period style, top edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Provenance : acquired at American Art Galleries, 1934 RARE FIRST EDITION, with pre-publication watermarks. Each plate illustrates some essential quality of a fashionable beau, with the legends providing an ironic commentary on the foibles of the times. Plates watermarked 1822: the Abbey copy is watermarked 1824-25. Abbey Life , 286; Tooley 204.
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