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The Right Sort by Henry ALKEN

Creator: Henry Alken
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
ALKEN, Henry.
The Right Sort.
Stock Code 110336
S. and J. Fuller, 1821-22.

Current price £3,750.00
Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy. The Schwerdt-Spitz copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was 'One of the author's favourites'. Few Alken prints are lithographic, and these have strikingly fresh colouring.I.C.F.G.R.

First edition. Landscape folio, 6 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by Hullmandel after Alken, interleaved with blank Whatman paper of the same date, later green half morocco with green morocco label to upper cover, cloth slip-case, a fine copy.

Provenance
Provenance: 1. I.C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate & monogram to foot of spine); 2. Joel Spitz (bookplate and small ink stamp on verso of final plate); 3. Norman Bobins.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1821-1822
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	681596

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