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Title(s)
Kenilworth Castle in the 16th, 18th, & 19th centuries : displayed in thirteen lithographic prints / by William Hawkes Smith ...
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Published/Created
Birmingham : Printed by W. Hawkes Smith, sold by the booksellers in Birmingham, Warwick, Leamington, & Coventry and by Messrs. Longman Hurst & Co. London, 1821.
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Physical Description
[4] p., [12] leaves of plates ; chiefly ill. ; 20 x 33 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 89
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Illustrations by and after William Hawkes Smith.
Bound in original stitched wrappers, as issued.
William Hawkes Smith established his press in Birmingham probably in late 1819. This publication seems to be the first substantial work to be issued from England's second provincial lithographic press (Note: Smith not in Twyman; info. from bookseller's description).
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Subject Terms
Kenilworth Castle (Kenilworth, England) | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1821. | Smith, W. Hawkes (William Hawkes) -- Autograph.
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