A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[Six illustrations from 'Ghost Stories'.]](jpegs/55529.jpg)
[Six illustrations from 'Ghost Stories'.]
Pub. by R. Ackermann, London 1823.
A very rare complete set of six aquatints with hand colour. Sheets 175 x 100mm (7 x 4").
A complete set of illustrations from 'Ghost Stories, Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghost and Apparitions, and to Promote a Rational Estimate of the Nature of Phenomena commonly considered as Supernatural'. It contained eighteen short stories, although only two are illustrated: 'The Green Mantle of Venice', by H. Clauren (the only story with an attribution), has four; 'Marianne' has two.
The text of a later edition can be found on Google Books.
[Ref: 55529] £650.00
Pub. by R. Ackermann, London 1823.
A very rare complete set of six aquatints with hand colour. Sheets 175 x 100mm (7 x 4").
A complete set of illustrations from 'Ghost Stories, Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghost and Apparitions, and to Promote a Rational Estimate of the Nature of Phenomena commonly considered as Supernatural'. It contained eighteen short stories, although only two are illustrated: 'The Green Mantle of Venice', by H. Clauren (the only story with an attribution), has four; 'Marianne' has two.
The text of a later edition can be found on Google Books.
[Ref: 55529] £650.00