HEATH, Henry (1795-1840)
Heath’s Oddities. London: W. Spooner, [c. 1830].
The Schwerdt copy of this scare series with three of the original watercolours by Heath. The satirical plates depict both social and sporting scenes. Bobins IV, 1340; Schwerdt I, 236 (another copy).
Quarto (298 x 237mm). Lithographic title and 38 lithographic plates, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand. Extra-illustrated with three original watercolours for plates 14, 32 and 35, facing on an inserted leaf and each with manuscript caption pasted beneath. Late 19th-century green morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, inner dentelles richly gilt, modern slipcase (spine slightly sunned, joints slightly rubbed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale Sotheby’s London, 10 July 1939, lot 1515) — Joel Spitz (bookplate; sold in these rooms 27 May 2015, lot 59).
HEATH, Henry (1795-1840)
Heath’s Oddities. London: W. Spooner, [c. 1830].
The Schwerdt copy of this scare series with three of the original watercolours by Heath. The satirical plates depict both social and sporting scenes. Bobins IV, 1340; Schwerdt I, 236 (another copy).
Quarto (298 x 237mm). Lithographic title and 38 lithographic plates, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand. Extra-illustrated with three original watercolours for plates 14, 32 and 35, facing on an inserted leaf and each with manuscript caption pasted beneath. Late 19th-century green morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, inner dentelles richly gilt, modern slipcase (spine slightly sunned, joints slightly rubbed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale Sotheby’s London, 10 July 1939, lot 1515) — Joel Spitz (bookplate; sold in these rooms 27 May 2015, lot 59).
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