Accession number
PML 956
Creator
Blair, Robert, 1699-1746.
Published
London: : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for the proprietor, R.H. Cromek, No 64, Newman Street; and sold by Cadell and Davies, J. Johnson, T. Payne, J. White, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, W. Miller, J. Murray, and Constable and Co. Edinburgh., 1808
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
"Illustrated by twelve etchings executed by Louis Schiavonetti, from the original inventions of William Blake."--Added engr. title-page.
Collation: 4to, [a]² b⁴ c1 B-F⁴ [$1 signed]; 27 leaves, pp. [i-xii] xiii-xiv [1] 2-32 [33] 34-36 [37-40].
Library's copy uncolored.
Wove paper; watermark "Whatman 1808" on foredge of leaves b2, B1, C4, D4, E4, F1.
Collation: 4to, [a]² b⁴ c1 B-F⁴ [$1 signed]; 27 leaves, pp. [i-xii] xiii-xiv [1] 2-32 [33] 34-36 [37-40].
Library's copy uncolored.
Wove paper; watermark "Whatman 1808" on foredge of leaves b2, B1, C4, D4, E4, F1.
Description
xiv, 36, [4] p., [13] leaves of plates (incl. engr. title) : ill. (engravings), port. ; 35 cm (4to)
Provenance
Stamped in gilt on upper cover of binding: George Frederick Cooke (one of the original subscribers); Theodore Irwin collection; from the collection of Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Marbled calf, "George Frederick Cooke" stamped in gilt on upper cover.
Classification
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