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[THEATRE - COLOR PLATE] BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London.

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[THEATRE - COLOR PLATE] BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London.

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Lot 209
[THEATRE - COLOR PLATE] BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London. London: J. T...
London: J. Taylor, 1826. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, all edges gilt. 11 x 9 inches (28 x 22.5 cm); vi, 92, 4 pp., with fourteen hand-colored aquatint plates "Drawn and Engraved by the Late Daniel Havell," and two engraved plans preceding the four pages of addenda at the rear of the work. Lacking the half-title, and with the first plate cut down and mounted, otherwise a clean copy internally, handsomely and appropriately rebound.
A rare work on minor London theatres, the plates by one of the distinguished Havell family of engravers. Abbey Scenery 227; Prideaux 328.


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Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for $5,937 (includes buyer's premium)

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