Ackermann's Illustrated London
(Reproduction from the Microcosm of London, 1808)
Edited by Fiona St. Aubyn
Price: $49.95

Hardbound, 207 pp.
8 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in. (Oblong Format)
104 Full-page Color Plates.
ISBN: 1853269204
Pub. Date: 1985
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd., UK
Out-of-Print.
Condition: NEW (Unread).

from the Original Book Jacket Description: "This richly colorful exploration of 1808 London was a result of an enterprising collaboration by the celebrated caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and architectural draftsman Augustus Pugin. Together these artists produced a series of lifelike illustrations of London that show a living, vital glimpse of one of the world's great cities in its prime. The beautiful color plates are the result of Pugin's meticulous, almost photographic renderings of London landmarks (both interiors and exteriors, many of which no longer exist), peopled with humorously lively and colorful characters by Rowlandson. Over 104 color plates, accurately representing detailed views of the Bartholomew Fair, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, the Royal Circus, Lloyds of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, the British Museum, Newgate Prison, St. James Palace, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, and many, many more, all in their splendor of the early nineteenth century. Editor St. Aubyn has blended her insightful comments with the original text of William Henry Pyne, providing an overview of many landmarks, past and present. "

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