Accession number
PML 198953
Creator
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.
Published
Naples : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Credit line
Gift of William Wyer, 2022.
Notes
On plate I: Societati Regiae Londini Gulielmus Hamilton, Baln. ord. eques. DDD, MMCCLXXIX.
The letter on the verso of page 29 is dated "Die 9 mensis Maji 1780. Neapoli."
The letter on the verso of page 29 is dated "Die 9 mensis Maji 1780. Neapoli."
Description
[4], 29 (i.e. 36), [3] pages, 5 leaves of plates (numbered I-V) : color illustrations ; 46.5 cm (folio)
Inscriptions/Markings
Illustrations hand-colored.
Provenance
Unidentified Italian shelfmark stamp: "Casella [89] N ___" (front pastedown), unidentified bookseller's ticket, abraded (front pastedown); Gerhard Güttler, bull's head stamp (vol. 1, front endleaf 1 verso); Morgan Library & Museum, gift of William Wyer, Nov. 2022.
Binding
18th/early-19th century, Italian quarter calf over patterned paper boards (45 x 33.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Classification
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