Accession number
PML 145595-96
Creator
Smith, John, 1749-1831.
Published
London: : Printed by T. Chapman, for John Smith, William Byrne, and John Emes, 1792-1796 [i.e. 1792-1799]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Dedication dated and signed: London Jan. 18th. 1792.
Textblock is unpaged and unsigned and printed on wove paper.
Plates engraved after drawings by John Smith by James Heath, Benjamin Baker, Thomas Medland, William Byrne, Johann Gottlob Schumann, Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, John Landseer, John Roffe, James Sparrow, William Watts, J. Shirt, and Wilson Lowry.
The engraved dedication signed by John Smith after whose drawings the engravings were made.
Library copy has 34 of the engravings in the etched state and 19 before letters, in addition to the 72 finished plates with letters, for a total of 125 plates.
Plates dated 2 Feb. 1792-30 May 1799; the text to accompany plate 69 mentions the expulsion of Pius VI in 1798.
Imprint of v. 2: London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for J. Smith, W. Byrne, and J. Edwards. 1796.
Final page blank.
Textblock is unpaged and unsigned and printed on wove paper.
Plates engraved after drawings by John Smith by James Heath, Benjamin Baker, Thomas Medland, William Byrne, Johann Gottlob Schumann, Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, John Landseer, John Roffe, James Sparrow, William Watts, J. Shirt, and Wilson Lowry.
The engraved dedication signed by John Smith after whose drawings the engravings were made.
Library copy has 34 of the engravings in the etched state and 19 before letters, in addition to the 72 finished plates with letters, for a total of 125 plates.
Plates dated 2 Feb. 1792-30 May 1799; the text to accompany plate 69 mentions the expulsion of Pius VI in 1798.
Imprint of v. 2: London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for J. Smith, W. Byrne, and J. Edwards. 1796.
Final page blank.
Description
2 v. ([230] p., 72, [1] leaves of plates) : ill., map ; 28 x 36 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Armorial calf.
Classification
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Department