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The shipwreck

Title: The shipwreck / by William Falconer.
Author: Falconer, William, 1732-1769.
Publication: London : Printed for John Sharpe ... [and 17 others], 1826 [i.e. 1827]

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Description

166 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.; 14 cm.

Subject

Shipwrecks > Poetry

Genre/Form

Note

Added engraved title page, dated 1827.
Poem originally published 1762.
Illustrations: 6 prints : engraving ; full-page. Comprise added t.p. and section titles to the introd., the 3 cantos and the concluding "Elegy," each with vignette. The first is signed "R. Westall R.A. del., W. Finden sc."; others have statement of responsibility and imprint: "Drawn by Richard Westall, R.A., engraved by William Finden [canto 2: William Raddon]. Published by John Sharpe, London, Jan. 1, 1827." Reduced copies of prints appearing in the first Sharpe edition, engraved by Chas. Heath, Edward Portbury, Finden and F. Engleheart after Westall's designs (prints dated Oct. 1, 1819; letterpress t.p. dated 1818).

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1827 92-448

LCCN

12027575

OCLC

NYPG93-B196

Author

Falconer, William, 1732-1769.

Title

The shipwreck / by William Falconer.

Imprint

London : Printed for John Sharpe ... [and 17 others], 1826 [i.e. 1827] (Chiswick : C. and C. Whittingham)

Local Note

Binding: Contemporary vellum, gilt, with two original watercolor drawings on front and back cover, each depicting a full-rigged ship.

Provenance: Masr. Greenall (inscription: "Prize to Masr.(?) Greenall, Decr. 15th, 1831, Seaforth, W.R.").

Local Subject

Greenall, Master Provenance.

Added Author

Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Illustrator

Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852. Engraver

Raddon, William, active 1817-1862. Engraver

Chiswick Press. Printer

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1827 92-448