Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Title:
A jar of honey from Mount Hybla, by Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Published / Created:
London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1848.
Physical Description:
5 p.l., [iii]-viii, xxiii, 200 p. illus. 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4812 .J2 1848

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed by Vizetelly Brothers and Co., Peterborough Court, Fleet Street.

Illustrations engraved by George and Edward Dalziel, William James Linton, George Measom, and [Charles] Thurston Thompson; after Richard Doyle.

Binder's ticket: Westleys & Co., Friar Street, London.

This copy bound in paper covered boards, printed in colors from wood. Cover designed by Owen Jones.

Added t.-p., illus.

McLean, R. Victorian book design.
Contents:
Introduction.--Sicily, and its mythology.--Glances at ancient Sicilian history and biography.--Theocritus.--Norman times; legend of King Robert.--Italian and English pastoral.--Scotch pastoral.--Return to Sicily and Mount Ætna.--Bees.--Miscellaneous feelings respecting Sicily, its music, its religion, and its modern poetry.--Overflowings of the jar.
Subject Terms:
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874, binding designer. | Smith, Elder, and Co. -- Publisher. | Vizetelly Brothers and Co. -- Printer. | Westleys & Co. -- Bookbinder. | Sicily (Italy)
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1848.
Contributors:
Dalziel, George, 1815–1902, engraver. | Dalziel, Edward, 1817–1905, engraver. | Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812–1897, engraver. | Measom, George S., engraver. | Thompson, Charles Thurston, 1818–1868, engraver. | Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883, ill.