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Sicilian scenery

Title: Sicilian scenery / from drawings by P. De Wint ; the original sketches by Major Light.
Publication: London : Rodwell & Martin, 1823.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Light, W. Sicilian 1823) 04-273	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Stuart 9145	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

[125] leaves : ill.; 29 cm.

Alternative Title

Sicily
Scène sicilienne

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Note

Engraved t.p.
Originally issued in 12 parts, dated on covers 1821. Engraved t.p. (dated 1823) and "List of the plates" in pt. 12; half title leaf in pt. 1.
Issued in Imperial 8vo and 4to formats; 4to issues with plates in proof state. Cf. Lowndes.
Each plate (except t.p. and final vignette) accompanied by leaf of letterpress, printed on recto and verso.
Illustrations: 62 prints (incl. engraved t.p.) : etching ; full-page. Engraved by Robert Wallis, Charles Heath, Edward Goodall and others, after drawings by Peter De Wint, based on sketches by William Light; printed by McQueen & Co. Dated Jan. 1, 1821-Jan. 1, 1823. -- Parts issue has additional full-page ill. on covers of parts, lithographed by C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
Parts issue: Each pt. in illustrated light gray paper covers. Publisher's advertisements inserted in pts. 1 ([2] p.) and 11 (4 p.); publisher's notices on slips inserted in pts. 2-3, 6, 10-12.

Indexed In (note)

Brunet
Lowndes
Pine-Coffin, R.S. Bib. of British and American travel in Italy

Language (note)

English and French.

Call Number

BWV+ (Light, W. Sicilian scenery)

OCLC

7667834

Title

Sicilian scenery / from drawings by P. De Wint ; the original sketches by Major Light.

Imprint

London : Rodwell & Martin, 1823.

Indexed In:

Brunet, III, col. 1075

Lowndes, IV, p. 2199

Pine-Coffin, R.S. Bib. of British and American travel in Italy, 823.6

Language

English and French.

Local Note

Copy 1 in BWV+: Imperial 8vo issue. Bound in 1 v. Bancroft Collection.

Copy 2 in BWV+: Quarto issue (31 cm.). Bound in 1 v.

Copy in Stewart: Imperial 8vo issue. Bound in 1 v.

Copy in Arents BIP: Imperial 8vo issue. Parts issue.

Added Author

DeWint, Peter, 1784-1849. Illustrator

Light, William, 1785?-1839. Illustrator

Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878. Etcher

Heath, Charles, 1785-1848. Etcher

Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870. Etcher

McQueen & Co., printer of plates.

C. Hullmandel's Lithography. Lithographer

Bancroft Collection.

Research Call Number

BWV+ (Light, W. Sicilian scenery)

Stuart 9145

Arents BIP (Light, W. Sicilian 1823) 04-273

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