Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, A panorama of the progress of human life , [1948]
- Title(s):
- A panorama of the progress of human life : fashionably displayed, illustrating Shakespeare's ages and giving at the same time the manners, costume, amusements, and field sports of the English people : the whole illustrative of modern character in a series of many hundreds of moving figures / with an essay by Guy Paget and an introduction and commentary by Bernard Darwin.
- Additional Title(s):
Panorama emphasising the progress of human life
Progress of human life- Published/Created:
- London : Falcon Press, [1948]
- Physical Description:
- 36 p. : col. ill. ; 45 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2011 51Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9758318
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Title on publisher's slip case: A panorama emphasising the progress of human life.
Half title and spine title: The progress of human life.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in red quarter cloth, and light grey board covers. In blue-grey cardboard sleeve with paper label on front and back covers with title: A panorama emphasising the progress of human life by Henry Alken with an introduction by Guy Paget and a commentary by Bernard Darwin.
Facsimile of Henry Alken's A Panorama of the Progress of Human Life, Fashionably Display'd. Illustrating Shakespeare's Ages and giving at the same Time the Manners, Costume, Amusements and the Field Sports of the English People. - Subject Terms:
- Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851.Falcon Press -- Publisher.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Illustrations.
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