Accession number
PML 146336-37
Creator
Knight, Charles, 1791-1873.
Published
London : Charles Knight & Co., 1845.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added color illustrated t.p.'s.
Vol. 1: viii, 392 p, [12] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 386 p., [12] leaves of plates.
Illustrated throughout with 2,488 textual wood engravings and 24 plates printed in color by Stephen Sly from woodblocks and multiple metal plates, employing Knight's own patented relief printing process.
Wood engravings by T. Williams, E. Landells, J. Bastin, Bonner, H.L. Clarke, A.J. Mason, M.A. Williams, G. Dalziel, J.W. Whymper, M. Byfield, S. Sly, Nugent, J. Jackson, W.T. Green, Orrin Smith, E. Evans, C. Gray, and Mason Jackson; after designs by F.W. Fairholt, Creswick, G.F. Sargent, C. Jacque, J.W. Archer, J. Cleghorn, J. Brown, R.W. Buss, W.F. Tiffin, Hogarth, and Hollar.
Originally issued in 96 weekly parts.
"London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street."--T.p. verso.
Vol. 1: viii, 392 p, [12] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 386 p., [12] leaves of plates.
Illustrated throughout with 2,488 textual wood engravings and 24 plates printed in color by Stephen Sly from woodblocks and multiple metal plates, employing Knight's own patented relief printing process.
Wood engravings by T. Williams, E. Landells, J. Bastin, Bonner, H.L. Clarke, A.J. Mason, M.A. Williams, G. Dalziel, J.W. Whymper, M. Byfield, S. Sly, Nugent, J. Jackson, W.T. Green, Orrin Smith, E. Evans, C. Gray, and Mason Jackson; after designs by F.W. Fairholt, Creswick, G.F. Sargent, C. Jacque, J.W. Archer, J. Cleghorn, J. Brown, R.W. Buss, W.F. Tiffin, Hogarth, and Hollar.
Originally issued in 96 weekly parts.
"London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street."--T.p. verso.
Description
2 v. ill. (part col.) ; 37 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 brown leather.
Classification
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