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COTMAN, John Sell (1782--1842)
[Series of etchings illustrative of ... Norfolk. Prospectus]
Proposals for publishing by subscription, in ten numbers, forming one volume, Specimens of the architectural antiquities of Norfolk; containing sixty highly-finished etchings, representing exterior and interior views of the most celebrated remains of antiquity in the county: accompanied with suitable descriptions. By John Sell Cotman, ... The first number to be published on the 1st of January, 1812. ...
Yarmouth (Place), printed by J. Keymer,, [1811].
[2] p. ; 27.8 cm. (4°)

There is no copy in Soane's library of Cotman's A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Norfolk, publication of which was not complete until 1818. BAL, Early printed books, no. 718.

Copy Notes A copy is bound, probably as issued, with each of the two copies in Soane's library of Etchings by John Sell Cotman, 1811 (q.v.).

Binding Copy 1: Sheep-backed grey paper boards, paper spine-label lettered by hand in ink.
Copy 2: Sheep-backed grey paper boards, red morocco spine-label lettered in gilt 'Cotman's Etchings'.

Reference Number 1984


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