Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, the residence of Sir John Soane... : with graphic illustrations and incidental details
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Type of record: Book
Title: Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, the residence of Sir John Soane... : with graphic illustrations and incidental details
Other titles: A description of the residence of Sir John Soane, architect, written by himself; Description of the house and museum of Sir John Soane, architect
Classmark: Bedford Collection D505
Creator(s): Soane, Sir John (1753-1837)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Murray, John (Former owner); Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844) (Other); Turner, Charles (1774-1857) (Other); Richardson, C J (1806-1871) (Other); Hullmandel, Charles Joseph (1789-1850) (Printer); Day & Haghe (Printer); Henry Southeran Ltd, London (Bookseller)
Related people: Soane, John, 1753-1837; Soane, John, 1753-1837
Publisher: Printed by Levey, Robson, and Franklyn, St. Martin's Lane
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1835]
Language: English
Size and medium: xiv, 109 pages, 38 unnumbered leaves of plates [lithographs]
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729565
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019892866205181
Description
Beneath imprint on title page: Not published. Only one hundred and fifty copies printed.
Dedication to HRH Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, dated September 10, 1835.
Descriptive remarks and poetry interspersed, signed B.H [i.e. Barbara Hofland].
Bedford Collection copy D505 includes French translation of this work bound at the back, 103 pages.
Frontispiece portrait of Soane engraved by Charles Turner, A.R.A., from a bust by Francis Chantrey. Some of the plates have legend: On stone by C.J. Richardson, printed by C. Hullmandel. Others have legend: Drawn on zinc by C.J. Richardson, printed by Day & Haghe. Wood-engraved tailpiece, p. 22, signed: S. Williams. In-text wood engraving on p. 43 signed: Harvey, S. Williams. Illustration on p. 75 depicting medal to Soane from "the British architects" has legend: Engraved by Freebairn, from a drawing by Corbould.
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection D505: loose excerpt from Quaritch sale catalogue 1267, Oct 1999, no. 81 for a different copy of this edition; photocopied excerpt from Henry Southeran Ltd booksellers catalogue, based at 2, 3, 4 & 5 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London for this item, no date.
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection D504: full dark brown calf, blind and gold tooled on covers, gold tooled on spine, gilt fore-edges, bound by J. Smith, 49, Long Acre printed on front and rear flyleaves.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection D505: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: HSo/1. MS. inscription on title page: To John Murray Esq With the Author's Compliments [and beaneth imprint] John Soane. MS. inscription on title page of French translation bound at the back: John Soane.
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