Beschreibung:

Hogarth (William) A fine collection of 87 etchings and engravings by and after William Hogarth including good impressions of the key works with wide margins, etchings and engravings on thick laid paper, the majority well inked and printed circa 1760-1800, originally bound as a composite collection but the plates are now largely loose, the larger sheets with stitch-marks from being bound, smaller plates conjoined, others tipped onto large folio leaves, occasional surface dirt and handling creases throughout, near contemporary half-calf green morocco, marbled boards, very worn, spine split, [compiled late 18th early 19th century]. ⁂ Original suites by Hogarth that are included, amongst others, are: - Marriage-a-la-Mode, the set of six [Paulson 158 vi/viii, 159 iii/v, 160 ii/iii, 161 iii/iv, 162 iv/v, 163 iii/iii]; - A Rake's Progress, the set of eight [P. 132-139, final state impressions]; - A Harlot's Progress, the set of six [P. 121-126, final state impressions]; - The Four Stages of Cruelty, the set [P. 187-190, final state impressions]; - Four Prints of an Election, the set [P. 198-201, final state impressions]; - The Four Times of the Day [P. 146-150, final state impressions]; - Beer Street and Gin Lane [P. 185 iii/iv and P. 186 iii/iv]; - Mr Garrick in the Character of Richard the 3rd [P. 165]; - O The Roast Beef of Old England &c [P. 180]; - The Enraged Musician [P. 152]; - The Distressed Poet [P. 145]