Accession number
PML 145738
Creator
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836.
Published
London : Published for the proprietor, and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green ..., 1828.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved half-title.
Illustrated with 129 individual engravings, printed on chine and mounted onto 85 leaves, with an extra set of the "niellos" printed in silver.
Prints protected by guard tissues.
Illustrated with 129 individual engravings, printed on chine and mounted onto 85 leaves, with an extra set of the "niellos" printed in silver.
Prints protected by guard tissues.
Description
xxxvi, xxv p., [85] leaves of plates : ill. (engraving), ports. ; 38 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink on 2nd front flyleaf reads: This copy has 129 plates with the Niellos finished in silver and was published at £15.15.0 sterling 1828. Some copies have only 100 plates, and were published at £12.12.0 sterling. See H.G. Bohn's catalogue.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary brown calf tooled in gilt and blind.
Classification
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