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Creator:
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
Title(s):
Switzerland : illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett / by William Beattie.
Published/Created:
London : George Virtue, 1836-1840.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DQ19 B4 1836+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
DQ19 B4 1836+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3152761
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: Further information on colored edition in object file.
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is bound in blind- and gold- stamped green publisher's binding. Binding is signed: WHR [William Henry Rogers]. Plates are uncolored. Added engraved t.p. reads: London : Published for the proprietors of Geo. Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane. Copy 2 appears to be a later issue (for more information see object file). Plates are printed in sepia and are hand-colored. Bound in blind- and gold- stamped brown publisher's binding with vignette of an urn gold- stamped on cover. Imprint on added engraved t.p. reads: London : Geo. Virtue, 28, Ivy Lane; 42, Rue vivienne, Paris; and 25, John Street, New York.
Each volume has an added engraved t.p.
Printed by R. Clay, Printer, Bread-Street-Hill.
Date from English catalogue of books and BM (compact edition).
Illustrations by Robert Wallis, James Tibbitts Willmore, W. Hill, E. Benjamin, W.B. Cookes, Samuel Fisher, Robert Acon, Samuel Lacey, D. Buckle, J.W. Appleton, S.T. Davies, Taylor, Henry Griffiths, Henry Jorden, James Baylie Allen, Charles Mottram, John Cousen, George K. Richardson, John Smith, William Raymond Smith, William Woolnoth, James Charles Armytage, and William A. Le Petit; after W.H. Bartlett.
English catalogue of books v.1 p. 45
British Museum. General catalogue of printed books to 1955 (compact edition), v.2, 458
Subject Terms:
Rogers, William Henry, 1825–1873 binding designer.
Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1836–1840.
Steel engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1836–1840.
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
Virtue, George -- Publisher.
Contributors:
Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878, engraver.
Willmore, James Tibbetts, 1800–1863, engraver.
Hill, W., fl. 1830–1850, engraver.
Benjamin, E., steel engraver.
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855, engraver.
Fisher, Samuel, active 1830–1855, engraver.
Acon, Robert, active 1818–1834, engraver.
Lacey, Samuel, active 1818–1857, engraver.
Buckle, D., active 1832–1850, engraver.
Appleton, J. W., engraver.
Davies, S. T., engraver.
Wallis, Henry, 1804–1890, engraver.
Starling, M. J. (Matthew James), 1805 or 1806– engraver.
Adlard, Henry, engraver.
Wallis, William, 1796– engraver.
Taylor, Weld, active 1836–1852, engraver.
Griffiths, Henry, -1849, engraver.
Jorden, H. (Henry), active 1829–1853, engraver.
Allen, James Baylis, 1803–1876, engraver.
Mottram, Charles, 1817–1876, engraver.
Cousen, John, 1804–1880, engraver.
Richardson, George K., -approximately 1891, engraver.
Smith, John, -1832, engraver.
Woolnoth, W. (William), engraver.
Armytage, James Charles, 1802–1897, engraver.
Le Petit, William A., active 1829–1846, engraver.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809–1854, ill.
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