Accession number
PML 145580-82
Creator
Bryant, Jacob, 1715-1804.
Published
London : Printed for T. Payne ... P. Elmsly ... B. White ... and J. Walter ..., 1775-1776.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Volume 3 published in 1776 to accompany both first ed. of 1774 (v. 1-2) and to complete this ed. (see Bentley); the maps are in v. 3.
Plates, figures, and tail-pieces engraved by James Basire.
"There is a good possibility that Blake worked on the plates" (Essick).
"It is highly likely that Blake had some hand in at least a few of Basire's engravings" (Bentley).
Pagination: v. 1: xvii, [3], 516 p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 535, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 3: viii, 601, [1] p., 3 leaves of plates (2 folded).
Signatures: v. 1: [a]² b-c⁴ B-3T⁴ 3U²; v. 2: pi² a² B-3Y⁴; v. 3: [a]⁴ B-4G⁴ chi²[-chi2].
Extra-illustrated with engraving of an antiquity in the Duke of Marlborough's collection (v. 2, after p. 392).
Plates, figures, and tail-pieces engraved by James Basire.
"There is a good possibility that Blake worked on the plates" (Essick).
"It is highly likely that Blake had some hand in at least a few of Basire's engravings" (Bentley).
Pagination: v. 1: xvii, [3], 516 p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 535, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 3: viii, 601, [1] p., 3 leaves of plates (2 folded).
Signatures: v. 1: [a]² b-c⁴ B-3T⁴ 3U²; v. 2: pi² a² B-3Y⁴; v. 3: [a]⁴ B-4G⁴ chi²[-chi2].
Extra-illustrated with engraving of an antiquity in the Duke of Marlborough's collection (v. 2, after p. 392).
Description
3 v. : ill., maps ; 30 cm
Provenance
Barnard-Hankey (armorial bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco, gold-tooled in neoclassical style.
Classification
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