![EGERTON, Daniel Thomas. The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Light offsetting from frontispiece onto the title.) Abbey, Life, 286; Tooley 204. RARE FIRST EDITION, with the plates watermarked 1822; the Abbey copy is watermarked 1824-25. [Bound with:] --Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz. London: W. Sams, 1824. Engraved title and 12 plates, all hand-coloured, watermarked 1818. (Shallow crease in title, light spotting.) Abbey, Life, 287; Colas 937. FIRST EDITION. [And:] [EGERTON, M.] A Day's Journal of a Sponge by Peter Pasquin. London: for W. Egerton by Rowney and Forster, 1824. 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, watermarked 1822. FIRST EDITION. Abbey, Life, 289. [And:] -- Flowers from Nature. London: Thomas McLean, 1824. 6 hand-coloured plates after 'Peter Pasquin', watermarked 1824. FIRST EDITION. NOT IN ABBEY. [And](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0097_000(egerton_daniel_thomas_the_necessary_qualifications_of_a_man_of_fashion073409).jpg?w=1)
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EGERTON, Daniel Thomas. The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Light offsetting from frontispiece onto the title.) Abbey, Life, 286; Tooley 204. RARE FIRST EDITION, with the plates watermarked 1822; the Abbey copy is watermarked 1824-25. [Bound with:] --Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz. London: W. Sams, 1824. Engraved title and 12 plates, all hand-coloured, watermarked 1818. (Shallow crease in title, light spotting.) Abbey, Life, 287; Colas 937. FIRST EDITION. [And:] [EGERTON, M.] A Day's Journal of a Sponge by Peter Pasquin. London: for W. Egerton by Rowney and Forster, 1824. 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, watermarked 1822. FIRST EDITION. Abbey, Life, 289. [And:] -- Flowers from Nature. London: Thomas McLean, 1824. 6 hand-coloured plates after 'Peter Pasquin', watermarked 1824. FIRST EDITION. NOT IN ABBEY. [And:] HEATH, W. Good Dinners. London: Thomas McLean, 1824. Engraved title and 8 plates, all hand-coloured, watermarked 1823. (The title with a creased tear in the inside margin.) FIRST EDITION, rare: not in Abbey or Tooley; not in ABPC. [And:] ALKEN, Henry. Humorous Miscellanies. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 6 hand-coloured plates, watermarked 1823. FIRST EDITION. Dixon 54; Tooley 30. [And:] -- Involuntary Thoughts. London: Thomas McLean, 1825. 6 (?of 8) hand-coloured plates, watermarked 1823. FIRST EDITION. This copy, like the Dixon copy, with 6 plates, though Tooley calls for 8. Dixon 61; Tooley 39. [And:] -- Tutor's Assistant. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 6 hand-coloured plates. FIRST EDITION. Tooley 59.
8 works in one volume, oblong 4° (250 x 355mm; 'Fashionable Bores' extended on stubs to match). Together 62 hand-coloured plates (most plates spot of browning in the fore-margin becoming larger but not touching the engraving, other faults listed above). Contemporary roan, sides and spine gilt, the upper side centred with the title of each work in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, a blank torn and repaired with tape). Provenance: Weetman Dickinson Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray (1856-1927, building contractor and oil producer; armorial bookplate). A SAMMELBAND OF RARE BURLESQUE WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF WEETMAN PEARSON.
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EGERTON, Daniel Thomas. The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Light offsetting from frontispiece onto the title.) Abbey, Life, 286; Tooley 204. RARE FIRST EDITION, with the plates watermarked 1822; the Abbey copy is watermarked 1824-25. [Bound with:] --Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz. London: W. Sams, 1824. Engraved title and 12 plates, all hand-coloured, watermarked 1818. (Shallow crease in title, light spotting.) Abbey, Life, 287; Colas 937. FIRST EDITION. [And:] [EGERTON, M.] A Day's Journal of a Sponge by Peter Pasquin. London: for W. Egerton by Rowney and Forster, 1824. 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, watermarked 1822. FIRST EDITION. Abbey, Life, 289. [And:] -- Flowers from Nature. London: Thomas McLean, 1824. 6 hand-coloured plates after 'Peter Pasquin', watermarked 1824. FIRST EDITION. NOT IN ABBEY. [And:] HEATH, W. Good Dinners. London: Thomas McLean, 1824. Engraved title and 8 plates, all hand-coloured, watermarked 1823. (The title with a creased tear in the inside margin.) FIRST EDITION, rare: not in Abbey or Tooley; not in ABPC. [And:] ALKEN, Henry. Humorous Miscellanies. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 6 hand-coloured plates, watermarked 1823. FIRST EDITION. Dixon 54; Tooley 30. [And:] -- Involuntary Thoughts. London: Thomas McLean, 1825. 6 (?of 8) hand-coloured plates, watermarked 1823. FIRST EDITION. This copy, like the Dixon copy, with 6 plates, though Tooley calls for 8. Dixon 61; Tooley 39. [And:] -- Tutor's Assistant. London: Thomas McLean, 1823. 6 hand-coloured plates. FIRST EDITION. Tooley 59.
8 works in one volume, oblong 4° (250 x 355mm; 'Fashionable Bores' extended on stubs to match). Together 62 hand-coloured plates (most plates spot of browning in the fore-margin becoming larger but not touching the engraving, other faults listed above). Contemporary roan, sides and spine gilt, the upper side centred with the title of each work in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, a blank torn and repaired with tape). Provenance: Weetman Dickinson Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray (1856-1927, building contractor and oil producer; armorial bookplate). A SAMMELBAND OF RARE BURLESQUE WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF WEETMAN PEARSON.
8 works in one volume, oblong 4° (250 x 355mm; 'Fashionable Bores' extended on stubs to match). Together 62 hand-coloured plates (most plates spot of browning in the fore-margin becoming larger but not touching the engraving, other faults listed above). Contemporary roan, sides and spine gilt, the upper side centred with the title of each work in gilt, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, a blank torn and repaired with tape). Provenance: Weetman Dickinson Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray (1856-1927, building contractor and oil producer; armorial bookplate). A SAMMELBAND OF RARE BURLESQUE WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF WEETMAN PEARSON.