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The copper plate magazine, or, Elegant cabinet of picturesque prints consisting of sublime and interesting views in Great Britain and Ireland : beautifully engraved by the most eminent artists from the paintings and drawings of the first masters.

Accession number
PML 14252-262
Published
London : Printed for J. Walker, engraver, & H.D. Symonds, no, 20, Paternoster Row, [1792-1802]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Subtitle varies slightly.
Consists of engraved plates with descriptive letterpress; each individual issue consists of two plates with accompanying text, numbered [I]-CXXV.
"Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn."--Advertisement, v. 4.
Includes engraved t.p.'s and 250 engraved plates executed by John Walker and others after various artists, including J.M.W. Turner, Corbould, Girtin, Repton, Nixon, Walker and others.
John Walker, editor.
Description
5 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 22 x 28 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of John L. (?) Ferguson; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco tooled in gilt.
Classification
Department