Accession number
PML 144724
Creator
Bevan, Samuel.
Published
London : Charles Gilpin, 1849.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated with textual wood engravings and 8 wood engraved plates, 6 of them colored by hand; the majority of the plates are signed with the initials "SB" [i.e. Samuel Bevan] and by the engraver W.C. Harrison.
Includes the first appearance of W.M. Thackeray's ballad "Little Billee," here printed under the title "The three sailors", p. 340-342.
Publisher's advertisements ([2] pages) at end of text.
"Richard Barrett, Printer, 13, Mark Lane, London."--Colophon.
Includes the first appearance of W.M. Thackeray's ballad "Little Billee," here printed under the title "The three sailors", p. 340-342.
Publisher's advertisements ([2] pages) at end of text.
"Richard Barrett, Printer, 13, Mark Lane, London."--Colophon.
Description
xiii, 370, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (part col.) ; 22 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original green cloth stamped in gold and blind.
Classification
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