Accession number
PML 142729
Creator
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Published
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row, 1846.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added t.p., engraved ornamental borders.
"The designs are in facsimile of the original drawings, and the text is engraved by Mr. Becker's process."--p. iv.
Maclise executed some of the preliminary etchings for Becker's steel engraved illustrations.
Illustrations, decorative borders, and the text of Moore's melodies on p. 1-218 entirely engraved, with the engraved body of the text followed by letterpress advertisements, notes, and first line index on p. [221]-280.
Includes 4 p. of publisher's advertisements at end.
Without music.
Library's copy has the 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements bound in at the end in reverse order, with p. 3-4 placed before p. 1-2.
"The designs are in facsimile of the original drawings, and the text is engraved by Mr. Becker's process."--p. iv.
Maclise executed some of the preliminary etchings for Becker's steel engraved illustrations.
Illustrations, decorative borders, and the text of Moore's melodies on p. 1-218 entirely engraved, with the engraved body of the text followed by letterpress advertisements, notes, and first line index on p. [221]-280.
Includes 4 p. of publisher's advertisements at end.
Without music.
Library's copy has the 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements bound in at the end in reverse order, with p. 3-4 placed before p. 1-2.
Description
iv, 280, 4 p. : ill. (steel engravings) ; 27 cm
Provenance
From the libraries of Forrest Reid, J.N. Hart, and Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 red morocco.
Classification
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