5 original copperplate engravings showing fireworks from the Encycopedia Britannica.
Date: 1797.
Engraved by A. Bell (1726-1809)
Black and white.
Size: 26.5 x 20.5 cms or 10 1/2 x 8 inches.
Condition: Very Good. There a few spots of faint foxing on three of the plates; one on the bottom left hand corner of each. The left hand edge of the plates has browned at the point where it has been removed from the encyclopedia. Also a few grey spots across the surface of the five. They are otherwise clean and remarkably fresh.
