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Title(s)
The roadsters album.
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Published/Created
London : Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, 1845.
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Physical Description
[17] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 38 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.N49 R63 1845+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.N49 R63 1845+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request] -
Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 407
Engraved throughout, including title page.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 346
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 126
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in full gilt-tooled morocco, by Bickers & Son, London. Bookplate: Lucius Wilmerding.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in dark green half morocco and green cloth. Original purple cloth wrappers bound in at end. Armorial bookplate: John Croft Deverell. May be considered the first rare book collected by Paul Mellon (cf. Paul Mellon's legacy, p. 58).
Coaching scenes, by Charles B. Newhouse. -
Subject Terms
Bickers & Son -- Bookbinder. | Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Coaching (Transportation) -- Great Britain. | Deverell, John Croft -- Bookplate. | Fores, Messrs. -- Publisher. | Transportation -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Wilmerding, Lucius, 1880â1949 -- Bookplate.
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Form/Genre
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1845. | Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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