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WESTALL, William (1781-1850) and Samuel OWEN (1768-1857). Picturesque Tour of the River Thames . London: R. Ackermann, 1828 [plates watermarked 1826-1827]. 4° (331 x 266mm). Engraved folding map, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates and 2 hand-coloured vignettes by R. G. Reeve and others after Westall and Owen. (Plates lightly offset, view of Twickenham with two ink stains in sky area, view of Hammersmith Bridge spotted at margins, T4-U1 spotted.) Contemporary half russia and marbled boards, marbled edges (recently rebacked, corners restored, blanks slightly torn). Provenance : J.C. Dick (bookplate).
WESTALL, William (1781-1850) and Samuel OWEN (1768-1857). Picturesque Tour of the River Thames . London: R. Ackermann, 1828 [plates watermarked 1826-1827]. 4° (331 x 266mm). Engraved folding map, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates and 2 hand-coloured vignettes by R. G. Reeve and others after Westall and Owen. (Plates lightly offset, view of Twickenham with two ink stains in sky area, view of Hammersmith Bridge spotted at margins, T4-U1 spotted.) Contemporary half russia and marbled boards, marbled edges (recently rebacked, corners restored, blanks slightly torn). Provenance : J.C. Dick (bookplate). 'A work undertaken to combine delineations and descriptions ... of the most picturesque points in the scenery of this first of British Rivers' (preface). Westall worked regularly on Ackermann's publications while Owen was already an established Thames artist. Abbey Scenery 435; Tooley 503.