Accession number
PML 145804
Creator
White, George Francis, 1808-1898.
Published
London ; Paris : Fisher, Son, and Co., 1838.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved and illustrated t.p., with publication date of 1838.
Originally issued in parts, 1836-1837.
Illustrated with 28 steel engravings after drawings by J.M.W. Turner, C. Stanfield, W. Harvey, C. Bentley, W. Purser, H. Melville, T.C. Dibdin, T. Allom, and others, based on sketches made on location by George Francis White and others.
Engravings protected by guard sheets.
The single volume issue, with engravings in the later published state, with titles printed in open capitals, the plate number and "Subscriber's Proof" removed, and the publication date changed to "1838". Cf. W.G. Rawlinson. The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner. London : Macmillan, 1908-1913, v. II, p. 316.
Originally issued in parts, 1836-1837.
Illustrated with 28 steel engravings after drawings by J.M.W. Turner, C. Stanfield, W. Harvey, C. Bentley, W. Purser, H. Melville, T.C. Dibdin, T. Allom, and others, based on sketches made on location by George Francis White and others.
Engravings protected by guard sheets.
The single volume issue, with engravings in the later published state, with titles printed in open capitals, the plate number and "Subscriber's Proof" removed, and the publication date changed to "1838". Cf. W.G. Rawlinson. The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner. London : Macmillan, 1908-1913, v. II, p. 316.
Description
x, 94 p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. (steel engraving) ; 32 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Purple morocco tooled in gilt and blind.
Classification
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