Urban sylvanus david henry editor (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Octavo (8vo); (iv), 640pp, (xvi). Modern cloth spine (without title information) and discreet white cloth tape in gutters are both adequate to secure the binding, original paper-covered boards rubbed and worn, corners showing, contemporary owner name (E. Harriott) ffep, discreet library stamp verso title page, page 198 (May) misnumbered 238 (pagination continues thusly), lacking pp439-440 (August). All monthly title pages present, with Supplement and Index to the Essays, Dissertations, Transactions, and Historical Passages, 1767. Illustrated with nineteen (19) engravings and music in text as follows: 1) [January] The Ornamental Flowers facing Annual Title. 2) [February] The Trenching Plough (folding) at pp24-25. 3) [February] Professor Mitchell New Method of Surveying Harbours at pp56-57. 4) [March] The Map of the East India Company New Acquisitions in Bengal (folding), i.e. The Mogul Empire at pp98-99. 5) [April] The Views of Aggleston (folding) at pp168-169. 6) [May] The Patagonians at pp194-195. 7) [May] The Ornamental Flowers at pp238-239. 8) [June] The Specimen Plate of Modern Artists at pp288-289. 9) [June] Fergusons New Hygrometer at pp 296-297. 10) [July] Miscellaneous Plate at pp332-333. 11) [July] Miscellaneous Plate at pp340-341. Music in text at p375. Song Sung by Mr. Vernon. 12) [August] Inscription on the Written Mountains (folding) at pp400-401. Music in text at p421. Collins Invitation to Phoebe. 13) [August] The Two Orphan Girls at pp432-433. Music in text at p469. The Shepherds Artifice. 14) [September] The Coudou or African Deer (folding) at pp488-489. 15) [October] The Siyah Guhush at pp488-489. 16) [October] Rahere Monument at pp502-503. 17) [November] The Funeral Procession of H.R.H. The Duke of York (folding) at pp534-535. Music in text at p563. The Invitation. 18) [December] Mount Vesuvius at pp572-573. 19) [Supplement] An Elegant Prospect of Kew Gardens (folding) facing Supplement Title. ESTC No. P1957 (Series). …