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ALKEN, Henry (Thomas) (1785--1851). The Beauties and Defects in the figure of the Horse . London: S. and J. Fuller, [1816].
ALKEN, Henry (Thomas) (1785--1851). The Beauties and Defects in the figure of the Horse . London: S. and J. Fuller, [1816]. 4º (258 x 185mm). Engraved title and 18 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Some light marginal soiling, occasional spots to plates.) Contemporary diced russia (spine and corners worn). FIRST EDITION. Huth p. 85; Mellon/Snelgrove 73; Mennessier de la Lance, p. 14; Schwerdt I, p. 12; Tooley 20. ALKEN, H. The Art and Practice of Etching . London: S. and J. Fuller, 1849. Small 4º (185 x 137mm). Etched frontispiece, 4 etched and 4 aquatint plates. (Title lightly browned at edges, a little light spotting.) Publisher's cloth gilt (spine sunfaded); modern quarter brown morocco clamshell case. FIRST EDITION, published two years before the artist's death. Schwerdt I, p. 12.