Accession number
PML 146518-19
Creator
Cotman, John Sell, 1782-1842.
Published
London : Published by Henry G. Bohn, 1838.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Etched and illustrated collective t.p.'s in v. 1 and 2; with separate letterpress t.p.'s in each of the five published pts., dated 1838.
"Descriptive notices by Dawson Turner and architectural observations by Thomas Rickman"--t.p., v. 1, pt. 1.
5 pts. published in 2 v., containing 238 etchings and soft ground etchings by Cotman.
Includes the first edition of the 48 plates for Cotman's Liber Studiorum, which appeared simultaneously as a separate issue on smaller paper at the same time as this edition of the artist's collected etchings.
Vol. 1, pt. 1: 37 p., 60 leaves of plates; pt. 2: 23 p.; 50 leaves of plates; pt. 3: 22 p., 50 leaves of plates; v. 2, pt. 4: 14, [2] p., 30 leaves of plates; pt. 5: [1] p., 48 leaves of plates.
Letterpress printed by G. Norman.
"Descriptive notices by Dawson Turner and architectural observations by Thomas Rickman"--t.p., v. 1, pt. 1.
5 pts. published in 2 v., containing 238 etchings and soft ground etchings by Cotman.
Includes the first edition of the 48 plates for Cotman's Liber Studiorum, which appeared simultaneously as a separate issue on smaller paper at the same time as this edition of the artist's collected etchings.
Vol. 1, pt. 1: 37 p., 60 leaves of plates; pt. 2: 23 p.; 50 leaves of plates; pt. 3: 22 p., 50 leaves of plates; v. 2, pt. 4: 14, [2] p., 30 leaves of plates; pt. 5: [1] p., 48 leaves of plates.
Letterpress printed by G. Norman.
Description
5 pts. in 2 v. : chiefly ill. (line and soft ground etching) ; 49 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 black morocco.
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