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Creator:
Sotheby, William, 1757-1833.
Title(s):

A tour through parts of Wales : sonnets, odes, and other poems, with engravings from drawings taken on the spot, by J. Smith / by W. Sotheby, Esq.

Additional Title(s):

Poems

Published/Created:
London : Printed by J. Smeeton, in St. Martin's Lane, for R. Blamire, Strand, near Charing Cross, 1794.
Physical Description:
[8], 120 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5459.S6 A755 1794+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5459.S6 A755 1794+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/601497
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by Samuel Alken; after John Smith.
Half-title: Poems.
English short title catalogue, T101645
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 513
BEIN: Beinecke copy imperfect: half title wanting. (1987 +82)
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in half calf, with hand-colored illustrations. Copy 2 bound in tree calf, with un-colored illustrations.
Subject Terms:
Berens, Alexander A. -- Bookplate.
Blamire, R. -- Publisher.
Poetry of places -- Wales -- Early works to 1800.
Smeeton, J. -- Printer.
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963 -- Bookplate.
Wales -- Description and travel -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Wales -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1794.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1794.
Contributors:
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, engraver.
Smith, John, 1749-1831, ill.
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  • Tour through parts of Wales
  • Sonnets
  • Odes
  • Physiognomy
  • Castle-building
  • Llangollen.
  • Plates: Remains of the Castle at Abergavenny
  • Caerfily Castle
  • Pont-y-prid
  • Melincourt Cascade
  • Caraig-connin Castle
  • Dinevanr Castle
  • Haverford West Castle
  • Neivegal Sands, St. Brides Bay
  • Pont-aberglaslyn
  • Snowdon from Capel careig
  • The Eagle Tower Caernarvon Castle
  • Druidical remains in Angelsey
  • Llangollen.

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