Text by Pauline Agius and Stephen Jones; 200 pages, color and black and white illustrations
Rudolph Ackermann established his career in London as a publisher in the early 19th century through the printing and trade of copper lithographs. His printing press grew with prosperity, affording him the opportunity to assume the role of taste arbiter in social, literary, fashion, and architectural circles with the publication of Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics from 1809-1829. While this journal was tremendously influential during the first quarter of the 19th century, throughout the course of history it gradually diminished in stature and risked vanishing into obscurity. This elusive monograph has preserved the material for those interested in the history of design, and for contemporary designers seeking to maintain the integrity of the period in Regency-style spaces. The color and black and white illustrations are reproduced at an impeccable quality, providing the reader with both a visually delightful experience and one that could also be a very pragmatic source of information.
