Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755-1812
Title:
Select views of the antiquities and harbours in the south of France : with topographical and historical descriptions / by the author of The Rhaetian Alps &c. &c.
Alternate Title(s):
Select views in the south of France
Published / Created:
London : Printed by T. Bensley, for W. Faden, geographer to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross; and J. Edwards, Pall Mall, 1794.
Physical Description:
[2], 56 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by Cornelis Apostool. and S. Alken; after A.B. (Albanis Beaumont)
Contents:
(Engraved title page) -- Harbour of Antibes -- Toulon -- Antiquity of St Remi -- Harbour & City of Marseilles -- Canal of Orgon -- Entrance of the Bay of Toulon -- Temple of Caius & Lucius Caesar or Maison Carrée -- Colossaeum or Ampitheatre at Nismes -- (Five carvings) -- Turris Magna or Tourmagne -- Pont du Gard -- Triumphal Arch at Orane in Daupiny -- Pyramid near Vienna in Dauphiny -- Plan of Antibes -- Plan of the Harbour and road of Toulon.
Subject Terms:
France, Southern -- Description and travel. | France, Souther, -- Antiquities. | Harbors -- France. | Neeld, Joseph -- Bookplate. | Cambridge University Library -- Stamp.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1794. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1794. | Etchings -- 1794. | Maps. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Apostool, Cornelis, 1762–1844, engraver. | Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815, engraver. | Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760–1835, printer. | Faden, William, 1749–1836, publisher.