Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

379 c   (SATIRE.) Group of 5 hand-colored etched English caricatures on folio sheets of wove paper, two of which bear JWhatman watermarks; original hand-coloring; condition as noted. London: Thomas Tegg, Vd [700/1,000] A Peep Behind the Curtain or Preparation for the Meeting of Parliament. Closed tear at upper left margin. Anon, 1807. Not in BM Satires. * A Dutch Toy!!!__or, a Pretty Play-Thing for a Young Princess!!! Huzza. Two small marginal closures. George Cruikshank, 1814. BM Satires 12280. * The Flower of the City. Closed edge tear into left neatline, small paper loss at lower left corner. Thomas Rowlandson, 1809. BM Satires 11305. A Dinner for John Bull. Small marginal closures. Anon, 1816. Not in BM Satires. * R___L Advice. Fine. Lewis Marks, 1814. BM Satires 12278. 380 c   THORNTON, ROBERT JOHN. Tulips. Hand-finished color-printed mezzotint plate from the folio edition of Thornton’s Temple of Flora on wove paper watermarked “H Smith 1810”. 22 1 / 2 x17 inches sheet size; professionally conserved stabilizing marginal folds and a small edge tear. London, 1798 (but after) [2,500/3,500] 379