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The birth and triumph of love : a poem / By Sir James Bland Lamb, Bart. with the original designs by an illustrious personage. Engraved by P. W. Tomkins, historical engraver to her late Majesty Queen Charlotte.

Accession number
PML 152544
Creator
Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824.
Published
London : Printed, for the proprietor, by T. Bensley ... sold by R. Jennings ... and P. W. Tomkins ... , 1823.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Authorship determined from National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints.
"[Entered at Stationers' Hall]"--Verso of half-title.
Plates 1-23 numbered (out of sequence 1-5, 8-9, 6-7, 10-23), with frontispiece and plate at end.
Original designs by the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III, all hand colored, with 24 full page plates and 4 vignettes.
Description
[iv], 7, [1], 56 p., [26] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. (12mo.)
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full red morocco tooled in gilt with dark green morocco onlays by Julia P. Wightman, 1956, with her monogram, gilt top, uncut; in tan cloth slipcase with salmon morocco spine.
Classification
Department