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The adventures of Johnny Newcome in the navy : a poem, in four cantos, with notes / by John Mitford, Esq. R.N.

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.
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
Department