Creator:

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888

Title:
Lear in Sicily : twenty line drawings by Edward Lear illustrating a tour made in May-July 1847 in the company of John Joshua Proby with a coloured frontispiece signed by both the travellers and a full introduction by Granville Proby.
Published / Created:

London : Duckworth, 3 Henrietta Street, London, W.C. 2, 1938.

Oxford : Printed in Great Britain by the Kemp Hall Press Ltd., in the City of Oxford

Physical Description:
24 pages, [21] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC242.L4 A4 1938+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Digital version https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/30598663
Classification:
Books
Notes:

Errata slip tipped in, page 7.

Includes bibliographical references.

BEIN 1996 +41: Bookplate of Granville Proby with presentation inscription from him on bookplate, dated 1939.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown cloth. Presentation inscription: Francis. With joyous greetings & all good wishes. From Irene. Christmas 1944.

Subject Terms:
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 -- Travel -- Italy -- Sicily. | Carysfort, John Joshua Proby, Earl of, 1823–1858. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Sicily (Italy) -- Description and travel. | Proby, Granville, 1883– -- Bookplate. | Kemp Hall Press -- Printer. | Proby, Granville, 1883– -- Presentation incription.
Form/Genre:
Photomechanical prints -- 1938.
Contributors:
Proby, Granville, 1883–1947 | Duckworth (Firm)