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The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.
The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.
The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.
The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.

ROWLANDSON, Thomas.

Comforts of Bath.

London, S. W. Fores, 1798.

$6,148.00
$6,148.00

Comforts of Bath.

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One of Rowlandson's rarest works depicting satirical scenes set in Bath. These 12 plates were designed to illustrate Anstey's New Bath Guide but were not used and never issued with a text (Abbey). Neither Tooley or Abbey call for a title page.

Each of the 12 plates have signatures, while Tooley and Abbey sets vary.

First edition; 4to (29.5 x 23 cm); 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, loose within plate album, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting not affecting legibility of the images, very good examples; later full calf album, turn-ins gilt rolled, all edges gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed.

Abbey (Scenery), 40; Prideaux p350; Tooley 408.

Stock code 114087

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The first and only issue of the 12 plates comprising Comforts of Bath by Thomas Rowlandson, one of his rarest sets.

Comforts of Bath.

$6,148.00
$6,148.00

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