Small archive of printer's proof plates from Hakewill's A Picturesque Tour of the Islands of Jamaica

Name: Small archive of printer's proof plates from Hakewill's A Picturesque Tour of the Islands of Jamaica
Price: 2500 USD
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Author: James Hakewill

by James Hakewill

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

7 aquatint plates, each heavily inked in black ink. Approx. 11 x 14-1/2 inches each. Housed in a green morocco backed slipcase. For the finished book, see: Abbey Travel 683; Sabin 29591; Tooley 240. Item #338811 Having published his Picturesque Tour of Italy in 1820, Hakewill visited Jamaica in 1820-21, making the colony the subject of a wonderful color plate book, originally issued in 7 parts from 1824 through 1825. The lithographs are engraved

Binding: Leather

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