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An impartial historical narrative of those momentous events which have taken place in this country during the first period from the year 1816 to 1823

Title
An impartial historical narrative of those momentous events which have taken place in this country during the first period from the year 1816 to 1823 / illustrated with engravings by the first artists.
Author
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Publication
London : Printed by Thomas Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street; for Robert Bowyer, 74, Pall Mall, 1823.

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Additional Authors
  • Dubourg, Matthew, active 1806-1838
  • Murray, John George, active 1821-1856
  • Stephanoff, James, 1788?-1874
  • Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
  • Bensley, Thomas, 1759-1835
  • Bath Public Reference Library, former owner
Description
56 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles; 54 cm
Subject
  • Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
  • Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
  • George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
  • Great Britain > History
Note
  • The title page is engraved.
  • Attributed to Robert Bowyer by Halkett & Laing, though the text refers to him in the third person.
  • Five engraved plate illustrations: "Tribute of Respect to his Late Majesty King George the Third," by G. Murray and W. Morrison after T. Stothard and I. Stephanoff; "Arrival at Brandenburgh House . . .," by Dubourg; "View of the Interior of the House of Lords," by John George Murray after I. Stephanoff; "Queen Returning from the House of Lords," by Dubourg; "Cornonation of His Majesty, George the Fourth," by Dubourg after Stephanoff. Also two plates of facsimiles of signatures of royalty and peers, and one engraved key to the Cornonation and House of Lords prints, with an inset view of Villa D'Este.
Call Number
Pforz+ (FLAT. Shelf C)
LCCN
03006702
OCLC
5503828
Author
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, attributed name.
Title
An impartial historical narrative of those momentous events which have taken place in this country during the first period from the year 1816 to 1823 / illustrated with engravings by the first artists.
Publisher
London : Printed by Thomas Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street; for Robert Bowyer, 74, Pall Mall, 1823.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Pforzheimer copy: Proof copy; most plates marked with engraved "proof" notice. -- Original blue-gray boards, blue-gray backstrip, printed paper cover label marked in manuscript: "Proof." -- With the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library (gift of M. Oppenheim, 1919); blind stamp of Bath Library on several leaves. -- With an extra "key" plate bound in.
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Place of Publication
England London
Added Author
Dubourg, Matthew, active 1806-1838, engraver.
Murray, John George, active 1821-1856, engraver.
Stephanoff, James, 1788?-1874, ill.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, ill.
Bensley, Thomas, 1759-1835, printer.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Bath Public Reference Library, former owner
Research Call Number
Pforz+ (FLAT. Shelf C)
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