Accession number
PML 145660-65
Creator
Britton, John, 1771-1857.
Published
London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and T. Longman, jun., 1836.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"In six volumes."
With collective t.p., dated 1836, in all 6 volumes of the published set; each individual section also has an earlier individual engraved and letterpress t.p., with the original publication date for each of the 14 parts, which were originally published separately as a series from 1814 to 1835.
Includes indices.
Plates protected by guard sheets.
"C. Whittingham, Chiswick."--Colophon, v. 1.
Vol. 1, section 1: ii, 110 p., 26 leaves of plates; v. 1, section 2: vi, 96 p., 36 leaves of plates; v. 2, section 1: viii, 113 p., 26, 5 leaves of plates; v. 2, section 2: iv, 89 p., 25 leaves of plates; v. 3, section 1: iv, 138 p., 30 leaves of plates; v. 3, section 2: 74 p., 16 leaves of plates; v. 3, section 3: 50 p., 11 leaves of plates; v. 4, section 1: viii, 127 p., 22 leaves of plates; v. 4, section 2: 4, iv, 152, 22 leaves of plates; v. 5, section 1: viii, 88 p., 16 leaves of plates; v. 5, section 2: viii, 88, 18 p., 22 leaves of plates; v. 5, section 3: x, 78 p., 12 leaves of plates; v. 6, section 1: vii, 72 p., 17 leaves of plates; v. 6, section 2: xxxii, 24, 16 p., 16 leaves of plates.
Library's copy imperfect: lacking plate 25, v. 2, section 2.
Large paper issue.
With collective t.p., dated 1836, in all 6 volumes of the published set; each individual section also has an earlier individual engraved and letterpress t.p., with the original publication date for each of the 14 parts, which were originally published separately as a series from 1814 to 1835.
Includes indices.
Plates protected by guard sheets.
"C. Whittingham, Chiswick."--Colophon, v. 1.
Vol. 1, section 1: ii, 110 p., 26 leaves of plates; v. 1, section 2: vi, 96 p., 36 leaves of plates; v. 2, section 1: viii, 113 p., 26, 5 leaves of plates; v. 2, section 2: iv, 89 p., 25 leaves of plates; v. 3, section 1: iv, 138 p., 30 leaves of plates; v. 3, section 2: 74 p., 16 leaves of plates; v. 3, section 3: 50 p., 11 leaves of plates; v. 4, section 1: viii, 127 p., 22 leaves of plates; v. 4, section 2: 4, iv, 152, 22 leaves of plates; v. 5, section 1: viii, 88 p., 16 leaves of plates; v. 5, section 2: viii, 88, 18 p., 22 leaves of plates; v. 5, section 3: x, 78 p., 12 leaves of plates; v. 6, section 1: vii, 72 p., 17 leaves of plates; v. 6, section 2: xxxii, 24, 16 p., 16 leaves of plates.
Library's copy imperfect: lacking plate 25, v. 2, section 2.
Large paper issue.
Description
6 v. : ill., plans ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco tooled in gilt with the arms of the Dawson family, by J. Mackenzie; bound as part of a 15 volume set of works by John Britton (PML 145659-73).
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