Accession number
PML 88352-59
Published
[London] : Published by Darton, Harvey & Co., Gracechurch St. ; & Jno. Harris St. Pauls Church Yard, [1812-1817]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title and publishers from box, imprint dates from individual volumes.
The set was published from 1809, and the volumes were reissued many times.
8 volumes in total, Pictures of English history being in 2 parts. This set lacks: "A short history of the Bible and New Testament" which is replaced by: "Biography of eminent persons."
The number of plates (383) named in the title calls for 7 volumes, each with 48 plates and 1 volume with 47. In this set there are 2 volumes with 47 plates, totaling 382 plates.
The set was published from 1809, and the volumes were reissued many times.
8 volumes in total, Pictures of English history being in 2 parts. This set lacks: "A short history of the Bible and New Testament" which is replaced by: "Biography of eminent persons."
The number of plates (383) named in the title calls for 7 volumes, each with 48 plates and 1 volume with 47. In this set there are 2 volumes with 47 plates, totaling 382 plates.
Description
8 v. : ill ; 64 mm (box: 19 x 10 x 9 cm)
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Each volume in publisher's red roan, housed in original wooden miniature bookcase, divided into four compartments and lined with pink paper; the front, sliding vertically, with cornice projecting 13 mm and an engraved label with illustration of a bookcase with shelves above and title and imprint bolow. In a modern 1/4 red morocco case, stamped JPW, 1976.
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