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About this Item

Title

  • The gold-headed cane

Names

  • Macmichael, William, 1783-1839
  • Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, J. Murray, 1828.

Headings

  • -  Radcliffe, John,--1650-1714
  • -  Mead, Richard,--1673-1754
  • -  Askew, Anthony,--1722-1774
  • -  Pitcairn, David,--1749-1809
  • -  Baillie, Matthew,--1761-1823

Notes

  • -  Story of a cane successively carried by Drs. Radcliffe, Mead, Askew, Pitcairn and Baillie and presented by Mrs. Baillie to the College of Physicians. Cf. Preface.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1975
  • -  LC copy extra illustrated considerably later than the date of publication. Text mounted and extended to two volumes by the interspersion of several hundred portraits, maps, architectural and city views, etc. These are largely engravings by or after artists including William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, Godfrey Kneller, Thomas Stothard and H. Gravelot. Cf. Rosenwald.
  • -  LC copy bound in 2 volumes.
  • -  LAC brd 2018-11-27 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-25 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 267 p. illus., plates (part col.) ports. (part col.) coats of arms. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • R489.A1 M3 1828a
  • R489.A1 M3 1827 The first edition, extra-illustrated with 40 portraits and an original ink wash drawing of Samuel Parr. Inscription: O.W. Holmes from H.J. Bigelow, 1888 (son of Jacob Bigelow).

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 59004650

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Macmichael, William, Henry Jacob Bigelow, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. The Gold-Headed Cane. London, J. Murray, 1828. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/59004650/.

APA citation style:

Macmichael, W., Bigelow, H. J., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. (1828) The Gold-Headed Cane. London, J. Murray. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/59004650/.

MLA citation style:

Macmichael, William, et al. The Gold-Headed Cane. London, J. Murray, 1828. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/59004650/>.