Heath's book of beauty : 1842 : with beautifully finished engravings, from drawings by the first artists / edited by the Countess of Blessington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.

Contributor:

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Lea & Blanchard.

Gift Book Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gift books.

Genre:

Gift books -- England -- London -- 19th century.

Gift books -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Gift Book Collection copies 1 & 2)

Beauclerk, Frederick, Lady (inscription) (Gift book Collection copy 1)

Physical Description:

vi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 278 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Manufacture:

London : Printed by Moyes and Barclay.

Other Title:

Half title: Book of beauty

Place of Publication:

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ...; Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard ; Paris : Fisher and Co., 1841 [that is, 1842]

Notes:

Publication date from added title page.

Added engraved title page: Heath's book of beauty, edited by the Countess of Blessington for 1842. London, published 1841 for the proprietor, by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia.

Includes "Eden and Lebanon" by Benjamin Disraeli.

Local Notes:

Gift Book Collection copy 1 has the name of Lady Frederick Beauclerk, in decorative, gilt color calligraphy, with vignette, at the head of the title page.

Cited in:

Faxon, F. W. Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1392

Contains:

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881. Eden and Lebanon.

OCLC:

7186494