Accession number
PML 142724
Creator
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Published
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Printed by Gad & Keningale"--list of illustrations.
Advertisement for book pasted onto verso of front flyleaf.
Etched title includes facsimile of Goldsmith's signature.
First edition and first book published by the Etching Club.
Letterpress t.p. followed by etched t.p., dedication page, list of illustrations, and 40 numbered plates; etchings are proofs printed on India paper, with all 43 etched leaves individually mounted and interleaved with guard sheets.
Text is engraved (same hand throughout) and printed in red and brown ink.
Advertisement for book pasted onto verso of front flyleaf.
Etched title includes facsimile of Goldsmith's signature.
First edition and first book published by the Etching Club.
Letterpress t.p. followed by etched t.p., dedication page, list of illustrations, and 40 numbered plates; etchings are proofs printed on India paper, with all 43 etched leaves individually mounted and interleaved with guard sheets.
Text is engraved (same hand throughout) and printed in red and brown ink.
Description
[4], xl leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 27 cm
Provenance
Gift inscription addressed to Lord Ravensworth from his daughter, 1859; J.N. Hart; probably Forrest Reid; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco, gold-tooled, with dentelles, by J. Wright.
Classification
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Department