Accession number
PML 145723
Creator
Heath, Charles, 1785-1848.
Published
[London? : Charles Heath], 1823.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title and date from printed typographic t.p.
The majority of the engravings are proof impressions printed on chine collé and measuring 280 x 200 mm, with a few of the larger plates trimmed to leaf size and bound in directly.
The majority of the engravings are proof impressions printed on chine collé and measuring 280 x 200 mm, with a few of the larger plates trimmed to leaf size and bound in directly.
Description
139 prints : engravings ; 280 x 200 mm, or smaller.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed and dated on front flyleaf, "Dawson Turner 1824".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Collection of 139 engravings on steel and copper by Charles Heath, chiefly proof impressions compiled by him into a bound volume for presentation to Dawson Turner, with custom printed t.p. dated 1823 and an engraved portrait of Heath by Corbould serving as a frontispiece. The majority of the engravings are book illustrations after R. Westall, with a handful of designs by Smirke and Stothard also included. Among the sets of engraved illustrations are: 8 for Sturm's "Reflections on the works of God" (all india proofs before letters); 10 for "Paul and Virginia (London : Sharpe, 1819); 12 for the "Arabian nights" (London : Rodwell and Martin, 1819); 8 for "Tales of the genii" (London : J. Booker ..., 1820); 26 for "Don Quixote" (London : Printed for Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1820); 7 for Scott's "Ivanhoe" (London : Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1820); 7 for "Guy Mannering" (London : Hurst, Robinson, 1821); 7 for "The monastery" (London : Hurst, Robinson, 1821); 4 for Campbell's "The pleasures of hope" (London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822); 17 for an edition of Byron's "Poems" (London : John Murray, 1819); 7 for Moore's "Poems"; "19 for an 1822 edition of Crabbe's "Works" (London : John Murray, 1822); and 7 additional engravings for miscellaneous publications.
Binding
Green morocco tooled in gilt by Hering.
Classification
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