Accession number
PML 142153-56
Creator
Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
Published
Perth : printed by R. Morison junior, for R. Morison and Son, 1793.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
With an additional illustrated engraved titlepage: Morison's edition of Thomson's Seasons. Perth, 1793.
Includes engraved frontispiece portrait of Thomson by D.B. Pyet, along with 7 engraved plates by J. Fraser, F. Chesham, C. Carlton, and Corbould.
Library copy evidently lacks 6 of the 8 original full page illustrations; includes only the frontispiece and engraving by J. Fraser with caption: Intended monument for Thomson.
Copy includes printed t.p. added to each of the 4 volumes: The Seasons. By James Thomson. One volume extended to four by the addition of one hundred and forty extra illustrations.
Includes engraved frontispiece portrait of Thomson by D.B. Pyet, along with 7 engraved plates by J. Fraser, F. Chesham, C. Carlton, and Corbould.
Library copy evidently lacks 6 of the 8 original full page illustrations; includes only the frontispiece and engraving by J. Fraser with caption: Intended monument for Thomson.
Copy includes printed t.p. added to each of the 4 volumes: The Seasons. By James Thomson. One volume extended to four by the addition of one hundred and forty extra illustrations.
Description
1 v. extended to 4 v. ([2], 6 ,lii, 250, 39 p., [8] leaves of plates) : ill., port. ; 22 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco Cosway binding tooled in gilt, attributed to Riviere; green morocco doublures with mosaic floral decorations, with a different seasonal design in each volume; four watercolor miniatures on ivory attributed to C.B. Currie set into the upper inside covers, with designs after Wheatley's Seasons.
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