Accession number
PML 142359
Creator
Mitford, John, 1782-1831.
Published
London : Published for the author, and sold by Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster-Row ..., 1823.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Printed by W. Lewis, Finch-Lane, London."--Colophon.
Aquatint illustrations after C. Williams.
Plates are accompanied by guard sheets.
Library's copy contains only 19 of the 20 plates called for by Tooley and others; copy lacks the frontispiece plate entitled "The cockpit" and has the plate "Newcome capsizing the Admiral" (usually placed opposite p. 23) in its place.
Aquatint illustrations after C. Williams.
Plates are accompanied by guard sheets.
Library's copy contains only 19 of the 20 plates called for by Tooley and others; copy lacks the frontispiece plate entitled "The cockpit" and has the plate "Newcome capsizing the Admiral" (usually placed opposite p. 23) in its place.
Description
vii, 284 p., [20] leaves of plates : col. ill. (aquatints) ; 24 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of John E. Russell; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Polished calf tooled in gilt by Tout.
Classification
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