Shelfmark
Gk.5.15
Author
Title
Picturesque views, with an historical account of the Inns of court, in London and Westminster. By Samuel Ireland, Author of a tour through Holland, Brabant, &c. of picturesque views of the rivers Thames, Medway, Avon, and Wye, and of graphic illustrations of Hogarth, &c. &c..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by C. Clarke, Northumberland-Court, Strand; and published by R. Faulder, New Bond-Street, and J. Egerton, White Hall., 1800..
Physical description
xvi, 254, [2] p., plates : ill. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Note
With a half-title and a final errata leaf.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T146601
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Binding
19th-century armorial binding -- mottled calfskin over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt roll to form a border; centrepiece is a coat of arms with a crown and motto motto "honi soit qui mal y pense"; transversal gilt fillets on board edges. Spine flat, decorated with gilt tools and titling on green label ("Ireland's views of the Inns of Court"). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled green. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's catalogue entry glued on front pastedown.
Subject
Inns of court History Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Clarke, Charles, active 1784 - 1801 printer.
Added entry--name
Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 8 - 1815 publisher.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51355