Lot 119: REHBERG, Frederick (artist). Drawings faithfully copied from Nature at Naples ... dedicated to ... Sir William Hamilton . [London]: 1794. 2° (410 x 310mm), engraved title with medallion portrait of Emma Hamilton and 12 plates by Thomas Piroli

REHBERG, Frederick (artist). Drawings faithfully copied from Nature at Naples ... dedicated to ... Sir William Hamilton. [London]: 1794. 2° (410 x 310mm), engraved title with medallion portrait of Emma Hamilton and 12 plates by Thomas Piroli after Rehberg. (Some dust-soiling and waterstaining, mainly marginal.) Mid-19th-century half calf (scuffing to joints and corners). ASSOCIATION COPY, presented by Lord Nelson to Alexander Davison ("Received from Lord Nelson in St. James's Square 26 April 1803 A[lexander] D[avison]" -- pencil inscription on title over-written in ink at a later date). Early issue with 12 plates not 24. Lowndes V, 2068. [With]:

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La Divina Commedia, ed. Romualdo Zotti. London: R. Zotti, 1808. 4 vols., 12° (159 x 100mm), engraved portrait. (Final preliminary in vol. I holed with slight loss.) Contemporary diced calf, flat gilt spines, vols. I & IV with letter "D" on label at head, vols. II-III with crest of a bird surmounting a crown (spines heavily rubbed, that of vol. I lifted along lower joints). Provenance: Davison family (binding) -- S.E. Widdrington (bookplate). Lowndes II, 589; and 11 other vols. with Davison provenance.
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