Accession number
PML 146813-16
Creator
Nash, Joseph, 1809-1878.
Published
London : T. M'Lean, 1839-49.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Letterpress dedication leaf (2 p.) and illustrated, lithographic title plate in each portfolio volume, followed by 25 lithographic plates, for a total of 104 plates (including titles).
The hand colored issue, with the title plate and lithographs mounted on heavy card and the captions inscribed in ink on the mounts at lower left, issued in 1/2 morocco publisher's portfolio; also issued in book form in 4 v. with the plates uncolored.
On t.p. of v. 2, 4: Second, fourth series respectively.
Lithographs printed by Hullmandel.
Library's copy of v. 1 lacks the letterpress dedication leaf.
The hand colored issue, with the title plate and lithographs mounted on heavy card and the captions inscribed in ink on the mounts at lower left, issued in 1/2 morocco publisher's portfolio; also issued in book form in 4 v. with the plates uncolored.
On t.p. of v. 2, 4: Second, fourth series respectively.
Lithographs printed by Hullmandel.
Library's copy of v. 1 lacks the letterpress dedication leaf.
Description
4 v. ([1] 25; [1] 25; [1], 25; [1] 25 leaves of plates) : hand col. ill. (lithograph) ; 57 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Unbound plates in publisher's 1/2 leather portfolios with leather labels, as issued.
Classification
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