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Liber naturæ, or, A collection of prints from the drawings of Thomas Girtin / engraved by Sam. W. Reynolds, engraver to the King, about 1823-1824.

Accession number
PML 146847
Creator
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, engraver.
Published
London : Published by Neill & Son, 1883.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved title plate illustrated with a mezzotint portrait of Girtin after John Opie and 12 mezzotints by Samuel Reynolds after Girtin; to the set are frequently added extra views and impressions from destroyed plates.
Proofs before all or final letters; all engravings, with the exception of "White House, Chelsea" and "On the Exe", printed on chine collé.
Description
13 leaves of plates. : all ill. (mezzotint) ; 51 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Library's copy has plates captioned and numbered in pencil, with the order of the plates not following the sequence laid out by Whitman.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Unbound plates.
Classification
Department