B25313
Shelfmark
Ln.1.22
Title
Heath's book of beauty :, 1844 /, with beautifully finished engravings, from the drawings by the first artists; edited by the Countess of Blessington.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; New York ; Paris ; Leipzig :, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ; Appleton and Co. ; L. Curmer, and Aubert and Co. ; T. O. Weigel,, 1844.
Physical description
vi, [2], 280p, [13] leaves of plates :, ill. (engravings) ;, 23cm.
Series statement
(Heath's book of beauty)
Note
Illustrations selected, and engraving supervised, by Charles Heath (information from the Oxford University library catalogue).
Note
With additional engraved title-page.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Publisher's blue buckram binding with watered cloth covering boards, lettering stamped in gold on spine, decoration in gold and blind stamped on front board, and decorated endpapers.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil: "Happy B_ to the B_B_B. [The book of beauty] for the Beautiful. 111 soon 112--?".
Added entry--name
Heath, Charles
Added entry--name
Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of,, ed.
Added entry--name
Curmer, L., (Henri Léon), publisher.
Added entry--name
Weigel, T. O., (Theodor Oswald), publisher.
Added entry--name
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Added entry--name
D. Appleton and Company
Added entry--name
Aubert and Co
Added entry--place
England, London.
B25313
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