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[Boydell, John and Josiah] A HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. FOR JOHN AND JOSIAH BOYDELL 1794-1796 [PLATES WATERMARKED 1827] 2 volumes bound in 3, folio (415 x 310mm.), 76 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates (3 double-page), map on 2 double-page engraved sheets, one plain engraved plate of "Father Thames", extra-illustrated with 101 portraits (see footnote), contemporary straight-grained green morocco gilt, gilt edges, bound without some preliminary leaves (`second` title to vol.1, `first title` to vol.2, dedication to the Earl of Orford, and both plate lists), some leaves spotted, short tear in plate at p.31 (second vol.) repaired, binding rubbed