Accession number:
PML 146359-61
Published:
London : J.S. Virtue, [1880-1883]
Description:
3 v. : ill., folded map ; 34 cm.
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
"In three volumes".
Added illustrated and engraved t.p. in each volume.
The first 3 volumes, here issued entire, of a work ultimately comprising a total of 4 volumes and originally issued in parts from 1880-1884.
Illustrated with 33 steel engraved plates, map, and numerous wood engraved illustrations throughout the text.
Steel engravings by S. Bradshaw, C. Cousen, A. Willmore, E. Brandard, J.C. Armytage, J.J. Crew, Alfred Krausse, C. Bertrand, W. French, J. Saddler, and J. Godfrey, after drawings by H. Fenn, J.D. Woodward, H.A. Harper, C. Werner, and R. Beavis.
Vol. 1: x, 240 p., [10] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 240 p., [12] leaves of plates; v. 3: vi, 240 p., [12] leaves of plates (incl. map).
Includes indexes.
Binding:
Blue morocco tooled in gilt with the arms of Samuel Charles Allsopp, by Zaehnsdorf.
Provenance:
Arms of Samuel Charles Allsopp; bookplate of Clapton Crabb Rolfe; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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