Accession number
PML 142541
Published
London : Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, [1831]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved illustrated t.p.
No publication date, probably issued in late 1831 for the holiday gift trade.
"London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars."--Colophon.
A literary anthology with contributions by Mary Shelley and others.
Illustrated with engraved plates executed by Charles Heath, J.T. Willmore, F. Bacon, and others, after designs by various artists, including H. Corbould, J.M.W. Turner, and John Martin.
Plates accompanied by guard sheets.
A large paper copy, with the 18 steel engraved illustrations printed on india paper and mounted.
No publication date, probably issued in late 1831 for the holiday gift trade.
"London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars."--Colophon.
A literary anthology with contributions by Mary Shelley and others.
Illustrated with engraved plates executed by Charles Heath, J.T. Willmore, F. Bacon, and others, after designs by various artists, including H. Corbould, J.M.W. Turner, and John Martin.
Plates accompanied by guard sheets.
A large paper copy, with the 18 steel engraved illustrations printed on india paper and mounted.
Description
iv, 320 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (steel engravings) ; 24 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Eve Behrens, Dec. 1945; unidentified armorial bookplate with motto: Soli possumus facere nihil; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt; bound as a set with PML 142538-41.
Classification
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