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Book/Printed Material A description of several pictures presented to the Corporation of the City of London,

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Title

  • A description of several pictures presented to the Corporation of the City of London,

Names

  • Boydell, John, 1720-1804
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, printed : [s.n.], 1794.

Headings

  • -  Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Illustrations--Early works to 1800
  • -  Illustration of books--Great Britain
  • -  English drama--Illustrations

Notes

  • -  Imprint on t.p. reads: London : Printed in the year 1794, for the benefit of the servants who shew the pictures.
  • -  Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴.
  • -  English short title catalogue, T31680
  • -  LC copy has prefixed leaf ([2] p.) dated Jan. 1, 1795, with caption: Proposals for engraving by subscription, five prints, being after a part of a collection of pictures [4 by J.F. Rigaud, 1 by R. Smirke] presented to the Corporation of the city of London, by Alderman Boydell ...
  • -  LC copy has postfixed list (4 p.) of prints intended to illustrate Shakespeare's works, dated Jan. 1794, with caption: Shakspeare. Text begins: The substance of the original proposals for publishing, by subscription, a collection of large and capital prints, engraved after pictures ... now exhibited in the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, was as follows.
  • -  LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.
  • -  LAC ael 2019-12-05 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-22 update (1 card)

Medium

  • viii, 31, [1] p. (the last page blank) ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR2883 .B54 1794

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 82465515

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Boydell, John, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. A description of several pictures presented to the Corporation of the City of London. [London, Printed: S.N, 1794] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/82465515/.

APA citation style:

Boydell, J. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. (1794) A description of several pictures presented to the Corporation of the City of London. [London, Printed: S.N] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/82465515/.

MLA citation style:

Boydell, John, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection. A description of several pictures presented to the Corporation of the City of London. [London, Printed: S.N, 1794] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/82465515/>.