Hogarth, William
The Works
£1,260
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
from the Original Plates restored by James Heath, with the Addition of Many Subjects not before Collected: to which are prefixed, a Biographical Essay on the Genius and Productions of Hogarth, and Explanations of the Subjects of the Plates, by John Nichols. London: for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. Elephant folio (65.8 x 46cm), xi 52 pp., contemporary half russia, 155 engravings on 119 sheets of thick wove paper, tissue-guards, spine and cornerpieces worn, joints cracked, frontispiece creased and slightly marked, title-page spotted, final plate with light spotting and damp-staining to margins and small closed tear to fore margin, otherwise excellent copy internally with rich impressions of the plates
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.