Pictorial relics of ancient Liverpool : accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings, etc. : compiled from original evidences, private muniments, and unpublished collections / by William Gawin Herdman, member of The Liverpool Academy, of The London Artists' Fund Society, and London Institute of Fine Arts, author of A Folio of Continental Sketches, etc. etc.
Alternate Title(s):
Ancient Liverpool
Published / Created:
[Liverpool] : Published by the author, 1856.
Physical Description:
[4], vii, [1], 109 p., 48 leaves of plates : ill. ; 40 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 94 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 94 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 94 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added lithographed title page: Ancient Liverpool.Originally issued in 12 monthly parts, with cover title: Ancient Liverpool.Tinted lithographs (and added title page) drawn on stone by William Gawin Herdman and printed by Henry Greenwood, except: pl. 1, drawn on stone by James J. Herdman, after W.G. Herdman; pl. 2 drawn on stone by W.G. Herdman, after Jas. Boardman; pl. 1, 3 and 4, printed by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor."Subscriber's copy."--Title page, preceding imprint."Liverpool: Printed by Henry Greenwood, Canning Place."--Title page verso.An earlier series of views was published under this title in 1843.Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 202BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in half brown morocco and marbled boards, with gilt edges. Binder's ticket on recto of front cover: Holden, 48, Church St. Liverpool. Copy 2 is bound in gilt-stamped red morocco, with gilt edges, and with the coat of arms of Liverpool on front and back cover. With hand-colored plates. Copy 3 is in the original 12 monthly parts. In blue printed wrappers.
Subject Terms:
Liverpool (England) -- Description and travel. | Liverpool (England) -- History. | Architecture -- England -- Liverpool -- History. | Buildings -- England -- Liverpool. | Antiquities -- Great Britain. | Greenwood, Henry -- Printer. | McLure, Macdonald and Macgregor -- Printer. | Holden -- Bookbinder. (BACRB Copy 1)