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Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched

Title
Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched / by W.H. Pyne and aquatinted by J. Hill ; to which are added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray.
Published
London : Published by William Miller, Albemarle Street. Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, 1808.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill. ; 30 x 47 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2010 19 copy is the Abbey copy. Bound (2 v. in 1) in gilt-tooled green morocco. Bookplate: Robert Barnett.
BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2010 20 copy consists of v. 2 only, which is cased (and identically bound with) v. 1 of the Pyne and Nattes second edition of this title (London, 1806).
Notes
Originally issued between 1802 and 1807 in parts by Pyne and Nattes.
Variant and related titles
Microcosm
Picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 177
Genre/Form
Aquatints - Hand-colored - 1808.
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