Album containing 122 engravings by Stukeley, many in proof, assembled by the artist himself. Contents include 85 engravings from Itinerarium Curiosum and 23 from Stonehenge, a Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.
Description:
Folio plate, tab bound. and Plate numbered 102.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Antiquities --Early works to 1800 and Wiltshire (England) --Antiquities
Subject (Topic):
Megalithic monuments --England --Wiltshire and Stonehenge (England)--Early works to 1800
Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill. John Wilson and Son, printer Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, ed. Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher. University Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
Published / Created:
1901
Call Number:
Shirley 2177
Collection Title:
The violet fairy book / edited by Andrew Lang ; with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
Bound in dark purple cloth, with gilt-stamped cover design by H.J. Ford.
BEIN: Imperfect: t.-p. of v.1 slightly mutilated., Contents.-v.1. From the first entrance of Julius Caesar, to the end of the reign of King James the First.-v.2. From the beginning of the reign of King Charles the First to the restoration of King Charles the Second.-v.3. From the restoration of King Charles the Second, to the conclusion of the reign of King James the Second, and establishment of King William and Queen Mary., and Title in red and black.
"[Gregory King] was consulted about the coronation ... and was the principal author of the ... volume containing decscriptions and splendid engravings of that ceremony ... though he allowed Francis Sandford to affix his name to the title-page."--Dict. nat. biog., Plate "The proceeding to the coronation of ... King William and Qveen Mary ... 1689" inserted at end., Signatures: 2 l. unsigned, b-c2A-Z2Aa-Ll2., and Title in red and black, with vignette.
Publisher:
In the Savoy: printed by T. Newcomb,
Subject (Name):
James--II,--King of England,--1633-1701--Coronation, Mary of Modena,--queen consort of James II,--1658-1718--Coronation, and Yeates, Nicholas, active 1680-1681
One woodcut depicts two men on a flying horse above a castle with a king and queen below; the queen holds a laurel wreath.
Alternative Title:
Valentin et Orson (French romance). English
Description:
Many signature marks omitted or misprinted. From the collection of Richard Heber, One of two known copies; the other, imperfect, in the British Museum. Manuscript notes in the hand of Richard Heber mounted on end paper.