Accession number
PML 146655
Creator
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.
Published
London : Printed by T. Bensley, for J.T. Smith, and sold by R. Ryan and J. Manson, 1807.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"This work contains copies of manuscripts which throw new and unexpected light on the ancient history of the arts in England."
Text by J.S. Hawkins. After a quarrel with Smith, Hawkins' work was revised by other hands, and at his own request his name was omitted from the t.p.
Illustrated with 5 wood engraved vignettes, 37 etched, engraved, and aquatint plates (14 of them colored by hand), and 1 lithographic plate; most of them by or after J.T. Smith.
Plates printed by John Dixon, according to a note on page 276.
"List of subscribers."--p. [273]-276.
Wood engravings in the text by William and John Berryman, according to a note on p. 37.
Includes lithographic plate facing p. 48 (i.e. "Internal view of the painted chamber on stone"), believed to be the earliest lithograph used as a book illustration. This is present only in the first 300 copies printed, the stone being spoiled after 300 impressions.
Text by J.S. Hawkins. After a quarrel with Smith, Hawkins' work was revised by other hands, and at his own request his name was omitted from the t.p.
Illustrated with 5 wood engraved vignettes, 37 etched, engraved, and aquatint plates (14 of them colored by hand), and 1 lithographic plate; most of them by or after J.T. Smith.
Plates printed by John Dixon, according to a note on page 276.
"List of subscribers."--p. [273]-276.
Wood engravings in the text by William and John Berryman, according to a note on p. 37.
Includes lithographic plate facing p. 48 (i.e. "Internal view of the painted chamber on stone"), believed to be the earliest lithograph used as a book illustration. This is present only in the first 300 copies printed, the stone being spoiled after 300 impressions.
Description
xv, 276 p., [38] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), coats of arms, plans ; 37 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original blue paper boards with printed labels.
Classification
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