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Title(s)
Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched / by W.H. Pyne and aquatinted by J. Hill ; to which are added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray.
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Additional Title(s)
Microcosm
Picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain -
Published/Created
London : Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street. Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, 1808.
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Physical Description
2 v. : ill. ; 30 x 47 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2010 19
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2010 20
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Originally issued between 1802 and 1807 in parts by Pyne and Nattes.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 177
BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2010 19 copy is the Abbey copy. Bound (2 v. in 1) in gilt-tooled green morocco. Bookplate: Robert Barnett.
BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2010 20 copy consists of v. 2 only, which is cased (and identically bound with) v. 1 of the Pyne and Nattes second edition of this title (London, 1806). -
Subject Terms
Barnett, Robert -- Bookplate. | Gosnell, S. -- Printer. | Great Britain -- Industries -- History -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Rural conditions -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | Industrial arts -- Pictorial works. | Miller, W. -- Publisher. | Occupations -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Occupations in art -- Pictorial works.
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