Accession number
PML 152511-14
Published
London : Printed and published by J. Robins and Co., Albion Press ... , 1819-20 [i.e. 1821?]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Volume numbering on title pages and added engraved t.p., except for v. 1 added engraved t.p., which lacks volume statement. Cf. Cohn
Added engraved t.-p., with colored vignette, in each vol., with colored frontispieces.
First edition. Plates carry publisher's name and dates, with exceptions of plate [6] (facing p. 164), of v. 2 and plate [4] (facing p. 45) of v. 3, which are undated. Three plates in v. 4 (facing p. 143, 161, & 209) are dated April 1821.
Illustrations: 40 full-page color etchings, including added title-pages to each volume, by George Cruikshank; dated 1819-1821.
Publisher's list on verso of List of plates at end of each vol.
Volumes 1-2, and probably all four volumes, originally issued in parts; v. 1 was re-issued in 1822. Cf. Cohn.
Added engraved t.-p., with colored vignette, in each vol., with colored frontispieces.
First edition. Plates carry publisher's name and dates, with exceptions of plate [6] (facing p. 164), of v. 2 and plate [4] (facing p. 45) of v. 3, which are undated. Three plates in v. 4 (facing p. 143, 161, & 209) are dated April 1821.
Illustrations: 40 full-page color etchings, including added title-pages to each volume, by George Cruikshank; dated 1819-1821.
Publisher's list on verso of List of plates at end of each vol.
Volumes 1-2, and probably all four volumes, originally issued in parts; v. 1 was re-issued in 1822. Cf. Cohn.
Description
4 v. : col. ill. ; 16 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full blue morocco, gilt-tooled with flowers on spine and corners of covers, bound by Wood, London.
Classification
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