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Forty engravings illustrating the prose works of Sir Walter Scott : india proof impressions before letters.

Accession number
PML 146531
Creator
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
Published
[Edinburgh : Robert Cadell ; London : Hodgson, Boys, and Graves, 1834-1836]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Engravings printed en chine collé on india paper and stamped with Turner's monogram; individual plates protected by guard sheets.
The first published state, with the engravings printed before letters. Cf. Rawlinson.
Steel engravings after Turner by E. Goodall, W. Miller, J. Horsburgh, and others.
Description
[40] leaves of plates : all ill. (steel engraving) ; 42 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of George Gurney; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt by W. Pratt.
Classification
Department