ID 993092 
Los 47  | ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851)
Schätzwert
£ 4 000 – 6 000 
[A Steeple Chase. London: S. and J. Fuller, March 1832.]
The Spitz copy of Alken's bold attempt to convey speed and movement in a grand set of plates. The plates are not only larger than those issued under the same title in 1827 but also changed in composition. Whether the 1832 set originally had a printed title, like that of 1827, is unclear. Since some copies with the 1832 imprint are known to have later watermarks. it is hard to establish a firm date for this copy where no watermarks are evident. Bobins IV, 1383; Siltzer p.62; cf. Mellon/Snelgrove 67 (1827 set).
Oblong folio (355 x 510mm). 6 aquatint plates, coloured by a contempoary hand, by J.C. Bentley after Alken, interleaved (without letterpress title). Mid 20th-century brown half morocco and green cloth, upper cover with green morocco gilt title label, slipcase. Provenance: Joel Spitz (1888-1963; bookplate; purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 1947, sold in these rooms 27 May 2015, lot 149).
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| Künstler: | Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851) | 
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| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich | 
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gedruckte Bücher | 
| Künstler: | Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851) | 
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| Herkunftsort: | Nordeuropa, Europa, Vereinigtes Königreich | 
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gedruckte Bücher | 
| Adresse der Versteigerung | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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