Accession number
PML 130281
Published
London : Published by John Sharpe ..., 1829.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Imprint on engraved t.p.: published Nov. 1, 1828, by John Sharpe, London.
"John Dixon, printer of the plates"--Engraved t.p.
Plates printed in 1828.
"Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham"--T.p. verso.
Includes C. Stanfield's first steel-engraved book illustration (see Hunnisett); he also drew the vignette for the added engraved t.p., consisting of a picture gallery reproducing several of the illustrations in miniature.
Illustrators include Turner, Gainsborough, Harvey, Westall, Lawrence, and Hoppner; engravers include Rolls, Greatbach, Smith, Goodall, E. Finden, W. Finden, Robinson, and Thompson.
Plate 7: portrait of Sir Walter Scott writing in his study at Abottsford (facing p. 98).
Two plates of presentation vignettes included in preliminary pagination.
Morgan Library manuscript MA 4500 is a letter from George Darley to Cunningham about poems in the volume.
"John Dixon, printer of the plates"--Engraved t.p.
Plates printed in 1828.
"Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham"--T.p. verso.
Includes C. Stanfield's first steel-engraved book illustration (see Hunnisett); he also drew the vignette for the added engraved t.p., consisting of a picture gallery reproducing several of the illustrations in miniature.
Illustrators include Turner, Gainsborough, Harvey, Westall, Lawrence, and Hoppner; engravers include Rolls, Greatbach, Smith, Goodall, E. Finden, W. Finden, Robinson, and Thompson.
Plate 7: portrait of Sir Walter Scott writing in his study at Abottsford (facing p. 98).
Two plates of presentation vignettes included in preliminary pagination.
Morgan Library manuscript MA 4500 is a letter from George Darley to Cunningham about poems in the volume.
Description
xvi, 320 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. (steel engravings) ; 20 cm
Provenance
Formerly owned by Presented by Allan Cunningham, with his signature, to Robert Dickson; signed by Alexander Dickson; Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Maroon calf, gold- and blind-tooled, with original front wrapper bound in.
Classification
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