The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Miller, Old Bond Street, by William Bulmer and Co., Cleveland Row, St. James's, 1804.
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [121] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts GT737 .P96 1804+ Oversize Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"There are three editions or issues of this book: first with title dated 1804, but on paper watermarked prior to that year. Second, with a title dated 1808; and thirdly, in the above state, with an 1804 title, but recognizable by the later watermark. The edition of 1808 usually has plain backgrounds; both impressions of the 1804 are more desirable in having coloured backgrounds."--Abbey.Plates dated Jan. 1, 1805.In this issue, the publisher's preface is undated.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, p. 196-197Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 2447Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 430BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled maroon morocco. Paper has no apparent watermarks. Plate 1 bound as frontispiece.
Exhibition History:
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. | Costume -- Great Britain. | William Bulmer and Co. -- Printer | Lumsden, Harry Niven, Sir -- Bookplate | Lumsden, Harry Niven -- Pres. insc. to Rachel Niven | Niven, Rachel -- Pres. insc. from Harry Niven Lumsden