Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae : containing figures of Roman antiquities discovered in various parts of England.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by T. Bensley, and sold by Messrs. Cadell and Davies, T. Payne, and White, Cochran, and Co., 1813-1817.
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. (some col.), port., plans, map ; 59 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A D 55 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A D 55 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A D 55 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Samuel Lysons, E. W. Thomson, J. Warner, J. Lee, H. Weddell, E. Weddell, H. Bennett, J. Tovey, and Gabriel Fiesinger; after Samuel Lysons, Sir Robert Smirke, Richard Smirke, W.W. Hall, C.A. Stothard, Gabriel Fiesinger, and John Flaxman."Only 50 copies were completed for sale."--Dictionary of National Biography.Issued in parts, 1797-1815. Each part has special title and separate paging.Vol. 1-3 have half-titles in colors; v. 3 has also special t.p. in colors.[Vol. 4]: An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester, London, 1797, contains descriptive text in both English and French. This volume may also have been published separately.Plates are colored by hand.British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1984, notesAbbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 143BAC: British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1 is complete: 4 v. in 2. Bound in gilt-tooled calf with gilt edges. Bookplate: Baron Northwick. Copy 2 is incomplete: v. 1-2 only. Bound in gilt tooled calf. Bookplate of Joseph Neeld. Binding stamped wih the name of Sir Simon Taylor. Copy 3 also incomplete; comprises v. 1, pt. 2: Remains of two temples, and other roman antiquaties discovered at Bath. British Art Center also has 2 copies (cataloged separately) of Account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester (Abbey 143).
Contents:
v. 1. Figures of mosaic pavements discovered at Horkstow near Lincolnshire ; Remains of two temples, and other Roman antiquities, discovered at Bath ; Figures of mosaic pavements discovered near Frampton ; Roman antiquities discovered in Kent, Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Cumberland, Somersetshire, Northamptonshire, and Wiltshire -- v. 2. Roman antiquities discovered in the county of Gloucester ; Remains of military ensigns &c. -- v. 3. Remains of a Roman villa discovered at Bignor in Sussex -- v. 4. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester.
Subject Terms:
Romans -- England. | Pavements, Mosaic. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- England. | Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman. | Rome -- Military antiquities. | Bensley, T. -- Publisher. | Northcote, Baron -- Bookplate. | Neeld, Joseph -- Bookplate. | Taylor, Simon, Sir -- Binding.
Bennett, H., engraver. | Fiessinger, Franz Gabriel, 1752–1807, engraver. | Lee, J., engraver. | Thompson, E. W., 1770–1847, engraver. | Tovey, J., fl. 1793–1801, engraver. | Warner, J., engraver. | Weddell, E., engraver. | Weddell, H., engraver. | Flaxman, John, 1755–1826, ill. | Hall, W. W., ill. | Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819, ill. | Smirke, Robert, 1780–1867, ill. | Smirke, Richard, 1778–1815, ill. | Stothard, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1786–1821, ill.