Fisher, Jonathan, -1809, Scenery of Ireland , 1795
- Title(s):
- Scenery of Ireland : illustrated in a series of prints of select views, castles and abbies / drawn and engraved in aquatinta by Jonathan Fisher ; volume the first containing sixty prints with a letter press description to each.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by J. Debrett Piccadilly for the author, no. 39, Great Ship Street, Dublin, 1795.
- Physical Description:
- [1], page iv, [112], 6 pages, LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 37 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 25 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 25 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11893905
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "Issued between January 1792 and January 1795 in eight parts. A second volume was contemplated, but never issued."--Abbey.
The title page is engraved.
Some of the plates were issued in Dublin.
With a list of subscribers.
English short title catalogue, T95658
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 452
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in 20th century brown half calf and tan boards. Letterpress title page dated 1792 (with indication "Number I") bound in before first plate. Has bound with it: A description of the lake of Killarney / Jonathan Fisher. Dublin : J. Chambers, 1796.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Bookplate of Lord Water Fitz Gerald. Binder's label: Bound by Dillon, Chelsea. - Subject Terms:
- Abbeys -- Ireland -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.Architecture, Domestic -- Ireland -- Early works to 1800.Castles -- Ireland -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.Dillon, -- Bookbinder.Fitz Gerald, Walter, Lord -- Bookplate.Ireland -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1795.
Viewbooks -- Ireland -- 1795. - Export:
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