Accession number
PML 88822
Creator
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799-1861.
Published
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ; Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard ; Paris : Fisher and Co., 1842.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Heath's picturesque annual for 1842. Paris. By Mrs. Gore. Published October 1, 1841 for the proprietor by Longman, Borwn, Green, and Longmans. Paternoster Row. and Lea and Blanchard. Philadelphia. Printed by McQueen"--additional engraved t.p.
"London: Printed by J. Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury"--verso of t.p.
"The following sketches, intended chiefly as an accompaniment to the spirited illustrations of Mr. Allom and Monsieur Lami"--preface.
Five full-page engraved plates, including extra t.p., and numerous engraved half-page illustrations, all with guard sheets and variously signed: Prior, T. Allom, R. Wallis, W. Radclyffe, J.T. Willmore, C. Mottram, G. Goodman, J.B. Allen, C. Heath, J.C. Varrall, Eugène Lami, and R. Staines.
"Mrs. Oliver B. Sweeny from her"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
"London: Printed by J. Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury"--verso of t.p.
"The following sketches, intended chiefly as an accompaniment to the spirited illustrations of Mr. Allom and Monsieur Lami"--preface.
Five full-page engraved plates, including extra t.p., and numerous engraved half-page illustrations, all with guard sheets and variously signed: Prior, T. Allom, R. Wallis, W. Radclyffe, J.T. Willmore, C. Mottram, G. Goodman, J.B. Allen, C. Heath, J.C. Varrall, Eugène Lami, and R. Staines.
"Mrs. Oliver B. Sweeny from her"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
Description
[2], viii, 268 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (steel engravings) ; 24 x 17 cm
Provenance
Mrs. Oliver B. Sweeny, inscription; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's green morocco-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind; with yellow end-papers, edges gilt.
Classification
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