Accession number
PML 145712
Creator
Batty, Elizabeth Frances, 1791-1875, artist.
Published
London : Rodwell & Martin, 1820.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved and illustrated t.p.
"To Doctor Batty, M.D. F.L.S. of the Royal College of Physicians etc. etc. these Views of Italian Scenery* are dedicated, as a grateful testimonial of his unvaried kindness, and as a tributary token of the pleasure derived from a tour made through that delightful Country in 1817, by his affectionate daughter Elizabeth Frances Batty. London, April, 1818."--Dedication.
"*The descriptions were written by a friend of the Publisher's."--Foot of dedication page.
The engravings after Elizabeth Batty are chiefly by Charles Heath, with some individual engravings by George Corbould, Samuel Mitan, Edward Finden, and others.
"London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars."--Colophon.
"To Doctor Batty, M.D. F.L.S. of the Royal College of Physicians etc. etc. these Views of Italian Scenery* are dedicated, as a grateful testimonial of his unvaried kindness, and as a tributary token of the pleasure derived from a tour made through that delightful Country in 1817, by his affectionate daughter Elizabeth Frances Batty. London, April, 1818."--Dedication.
"*The descriptions were written by a friend of the Publisher's."--Foot of dedication page.
The engravings after Elizabeth Batty are chiefly by Charles Heath, with some individual engravings by George Corbould, Samuel Mitan, Edward Finden, and others.
"London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars."--Colophon.
Description
122 p., 60 leaves of plates : ill. (engraving) ; 30 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco tooled in gilt, with coronet and the stamped signature of "A Abercorn" (i.e. Anne Jane Hamilton, marchioness of Abercorn) on the front cover, by Dawson & Lewis.
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