The fine arts of the English school : illustrated by a series of engravings, from paintings, sculpture, and architecture, of eminent English artists: with ample biographical, critical, and descriptive essays / by various authors ; edited, and partly written by John Britton.

Accession number

PML 146001

Creator

Britton, John, 1771-1857, editor.

Published

London : Printed at Chiswick Press by C. Wittingham for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ..., 1812.

Credit line

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes

Various pagings.
Illustrated with 24 engravings by Le Keux, Wm. Bond, Cardon, Scriven, Godby, Pye, Scott, and R. Roffe, after various artists.

Description

[128] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (engraving) ; 36 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

Underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout; inscribed in pencil by former owner on 2nd front flyleaf: Read April 1847.

Provenance

Bookplate of Baron Northwick; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Binding

Black morocco tooled in gilt by Thouvenin.

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