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A dissertation on oriental gardening; by Sr: William Chambers, Knt: Comptroller General of His Majesty's Works

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection B294

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Type of record: Book

Title: A dissertation on oriental gardening; by Sr: William Chambers, Knt: Comptroller General of His Majesty's Works

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection B294

Creator(s): Chambers, Sir William (1723-1796)

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)

Publisher: printed by W. Griffin, Printer to the Royal Academy; sold by him in Catherine-Street; and by T. Davies, Bookseller to the Royal Academy in Russel-Street, Covent Garden; also by J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Wilson and Nicoll, Strand; J. Walter, Charing Cross; an

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1772

Language: English

Size and medium: [4],94,[2]p., plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729610

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019679443405181

Description

The titlepage and dedication are engraved by G B Cipriani and F Bartolozzi.


With an engraved dedication, and a final errata leaf.


Indexed in: Henrey, B. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800,


Indexed in: ESTC

Features

Bindings


Leeds University Library copy at B294: contemporary calf, gold tooled on covers, spine and edges, marbled endpapers.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at B294: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: GH/2.

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