| British Library: | fD72/27744 DSC |
| British Library: | RAR 769.49 Open Access |
| Curwen Press: | M27 |
| British Library: | fD72/27744 DSC |
| British Library: | RAR 769.49 Open Access |
| Curwen Press: | M27 |
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[within 33pt. border of rules and flowers, first line red] SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770 – 1860 FROM THE LIBRARY OF J.R. ABBEY A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE LONDON [double rule] PRIVATELY PRINTED AT THE CURWEN PRESS 1952
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[11] viii-xiii [xiv] xv-xx [1-2] 3-37 [38] 39-45 [46-7] 48-64 [65] 66-82 [83] 84-107 [108] 109-15 [116-7] 118-9 [120] 121-52 [153] 154 [155] 156 [157] 158-64 [165] 166-90 [191] 192-8 [199] 200-2 [203] 204-16 [217] 218-23 [224] 225-7 [228] 229-33 [234-5] 236-59 [260] 261-78 [279] 280-2 [283] 284-9 [290] 291-309 [310] 311-6 [317] 318-33 [334] 335-40 [341] 342-4 [345] 346-51 [352] 353-8 [359] 360-7 [368-9] 370-5 [376-8] 379-99 [+1].
Royal 4o: 12 ¼"× 9¼", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial head- and tail-bands white wove, no mark, inserts of mill-finished white wove, no mark; 11(+1)pt. Bembo; collotypes on inserted leaves, line blocks on text pages; casing, smoke-grey buckram, red leather spine label: ‘[within border of rules and flowers] SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 1770–1860 * J.R. ABBEY’; printed dust-jacket.
Curwen Press inform me (1963) that the paper used in this volume was the first mould-made paper produced by J. Barcham Green for book work; Green had previously only produced filter-papers etc. by this process.
Robin Phillips, 1963
