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Delineations of Fonthill and its abbey / by John Rutter, Shaftesbury.

Accession number
PML 145722
Creator
Rutter, John, 1796-1851.
Published
Shaftesbury : Published by the author ; London : By Charles Knight and Co. Pall Mall East : Longman, Hurst, and Co. Paternoster Row : Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Cheapside : John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill, &c. &c., 1823.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved and illustrated hand colored t.p. (plate no. 8) reads: An illustrated history and description of Fonthill Abbey.
Plates 6-8 are hand colored.
Wood engraved head- and tailpiece vignettes.
Genealogical tables "shewing the descent of William Beckford": p. [113-118].
"Large Paper with early impressions / Two Pounds ten Shillings to Non-Subscribers."--Engraved text, front board.
Description
xxvi, 127, [1] p., [2], 2-13 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), coats of arms, col. map, geneal. tables, plans ; 37 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of John Henry Daniell; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/4 green morocco with original printed boards.
Classification
Department