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
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 37 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 37 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 36 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2014 36 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by Cornelis Apostool. and S. Alken; after A.B. (Albanis Beaumont)Added engraved title page: Select views in the south of France ...Includes index.Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 51BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2014 36 copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Plates are uncolored. Bound with: Travels through the Maritime Alps, from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende, by the way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, &c.BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2014 36 copy 2 bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. Plates are before aquatints and before letters. Armorial bookplate: Joseph Neeld. Bound with: Travels through the Maritime Alps, from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende, by the way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, &c.BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2014 37 copy 1 bound in later marbled boards. Plates are hand-colored.BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2014 37 copy 2 bound in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco. Plates (hand-colored) before aquatint and before letters. Captions supplied in manuscript by a contemporary hand.
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.