View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, the white house seen at a distance through a break in the trees. A green lawn extends towards the viewer in the foreground; a blue sky is visible above
Description:
Title from note in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Unsigned; questionable attribution to Edward Edwards from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Drawn in the center of a proof state of the engraved frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]., and Bound in opposite title page in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from text within image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor tilted diagonally., Artist identified by George., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Plate 8., Cf. Later state published by Thomas McClean in 1835; no. 14089 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Temporary local subject terms: Sailors -- Ships -- Storms.
Christmas books., Works of Mr. Charles Dickens, and Works. 1847
Description:
"Christmas books" consists of: A Christmas carol, The chimes, The cricket on the hearth, The battle of life, The haunted man and the ghost's bargain., Cover title for one vol.: The works of Charles Dickens, cheap editions., Cover title. Imprint and dates from title pages of individual works., On half title verso of some vols.: Cheap edition of the works of Mr. Charles Dickens., One vol.: Christmas books. Inscribed: Mrs. John Leech from her affectionate friend, Charles Dickens, November twenty eight, 1852., Text in two columns., and Total no. of vols. published is unknown.
Publisher:
Chapman and Hall,
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Presentation inscription to A. Leech., and Leech, Ann (Eaton)--Presentation inscription from C. Dickens.
"Dedication sheet 'To the Queen' from the singer Harriet Abrams; three cherubs sitting facing right, singing, on clouds which curve up and support a lyre and laurel above them, below a crown in rays of light; for an unidentified publication."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image. and Print possibly designed as the frontispiece or title page for a musical work dedicated to Queen Charlotte. See Wright.
"J. Flyn delin et sculp." and Letter from Percy A. Scholes to Alfred Moffat tipped in at end; inscribed: Alfred Moffat (a present from Frank Kidson) 31 May 1923; ms. notes in Moffat's hand; an engraved portrait of Charles Burney tipped onto front paste-down; a sheet from bookseller Otto Haas containing the description of this volume tipped onto front fly-leaf.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by R. Bremner facing Somerset House, Strand,
"Dies Buch ist einer Auflage von 510 in der Presse numerierten Exemplaren von der Spamerschen Buchdruckerei in Leipzig im Jahre 1924 gedruckt worden. Die Holzschnitte wurden von den Originalstöcken abgezogen. Die gesamte Buchausstattung erfolgte nach Angabe des Künstlers, der auch Einband und Vorsatz in Holz schnitt. Nr. 1 bis 10 des Buches wurden auf Japanbütten abgezogen, in Ganzleder gebunden und vom Künstler eigenhändig signiert."--T.p. verso. and BEIN Zg20 H611 912Ub: No. 35.
