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001 $ 06/2457
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20211112162913.5
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Wilkins, William
245 1 2 $a A Letter To Lord Viscount Goderich, On The Patronage Of The Arts By The English Government. By William Wilkins, A.M., Formerly Fellow Of Caius College, Cambridge, R.A. and F.R.S. [Epigraph.]
260 # # $a London: $b Printed for J. Rodwell, New Bond Street. $c 1832. - (Not Published.)
300 # # $a [4], 80 p.; $c 215 mm. (Quarto.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t., t.p., errata slip] - [Text]; [colophon].
508 # # $a The British Book Trades Index lists both a James Rodwell and a John Rodwell operating as publishers in London at this period (both having at some time an address in New Bond Street).

The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'Chiswick: Printed By C. Whittingham.'
510 0 # $a R.W. Liscombe, William Wilkins, 1778-1839 (1980).
520 2 # $a Wilkins here advocates not only government support for the creative arts, but also more comprehensive provision of education by the state.
561 # # $a The Royal Academy's copy includes part of the original paper wrapper, inscribed in ink, 'The Royal Academy from the author'.
563 # # $a 20th-century green morocco, upper cover lettered 'Patronage Of The Arts By The English Government'; spine lettered 'A Letter To Lord Viscount Goderich - William Wilkins A.M - 1832'.
600 1 4 $a Ripon
653 # # $a Art and state - Patronage - Art commissions - Sponsorship - Government policy - Great Britain - History - 19th century
655 # 4 $a Pamphlets - Essays - Letters - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Wilkins $e previous owner $e donor
700 1 # $a Whittingham $e printer