Accession number
PML 143966-68
Published
London : Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1836-38.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved title-pages, with vignettes.
First edition.
Illustrated throughout with ca. 150 engravings on steel by F.W. Topham, W. Chevalier, W. Finden, E. Finden, L. Stocks, C. Rolls, W. Greatbach, W.H. Simmons, T. Wrankmore, W.J. Cooke, A.R. Freebairn, J. Hinchcliff, J.T. Willmore, and others, after paintings and designs by over 100 English artists, including Turner, Bonington, Landseer, and Maclise.
Facsimiles of literary autographs ([4] p.) at end of each volume.
Vol. 3 has title and imprint: The book of gems. The modern poets and artists of Great Britain ... London, Whittaker and Co., 1838.
"R. Clay, printer, Bread-Street-Hill."--Colophon, v. 2.
With brief biographical sketches and autographs of the poets.
First edition.
Illustrated throughout with ca. 150 engravings on steel by F.W. Topham, W. Chevalier, W. Finden, E. Finden, L. Stocks, C. Rolls, W. Greatbach, W.H. Simmons, T. Wrankmore, W.J. Cooke, A.R. Freebairn, J. Hinchcliff, J.T. Willmore, and others, after paintings and designs by over 100 English artists, including Turner, Bonington, Landseer, and Maclise.
Facsimiles of literary autographs ([4] p.) at end of each volume.
Vol. 3 has title and imprint: The book of gems. The modern poets and artists of Great Britain ... London, Whittaker and Co., 1838.
"R. Clay, printer, Bread-Street-Hill."--Colophon, v. 2.
With brief biographical sketches and autographs of the poets.
Description
3 v. (xvi, 304, [4]; xvi, 304, [4]; xvi, 304, [4] p.) : ill., facsims. ; 23 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of John Holroyd, M.A; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red leather tooled in gilt by Slocombe & Simms, Leeds.
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