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001 $ 14/4171
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20211117105613.5
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Gray, Thomas
245 1 0 $a Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray
250 # # $a 1st Edition.
260 # # $a London $b Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-mall $c MDCCLIII $c [1753]
300 # # $a [8] pages, 35 leaves, [8] pages : $b illustrations ; $c 40 cm.
500 # # $a According to Hazen, there were three distinct editions dated 1753, all with identical wording on the titlepage. This is the first edition, identified by the half-title: 'Drawings, &c.'.
500 # # $a The poems are printed and foliated on the recto only. The 'Explanation of the prints', by Horace Walpole, is printed on both the recto and verso.
500 # # $a 'The book is properly regarded as a landmark in the history of English book-illustration' (Hazen). 'A Long Story' is printed here for the first time, and the 'Explanation of the Prints' is by Horace Walpole.
500 # # $a [2] 36 [2] leaves (all printed on rectos only), half-title, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, 6 head- and tailpieces and 6 initial figures, all by J. S. Müller or Charles Grignion after Richard Bentley.
505 0 # $a Ode on the spring -- Ode on the death of a favourite cat -- Ode on the distant prospect of Eton -- The long story -- Hymn to adversity -- Elegy written in a country church-yard -- Epitaph -- Explanation of the Prints by Horace Walpole
510 0 # $a ESTC $c T122525
510 0 # $a Hazen, A. Bibliography of Horace Walpole 42; Rothschild 1061-2.
653 # # $a Illustrated books
653 # # $a 18th-century poems
653 # # $a Engravings
700 1 # $a Bentley, Richard $e source artist $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Müller, Johann Sebastian $e engraver
700 1 # $a Grignion, Charles $e engraver
700 1 # $a Dodsley, Robert $e printer
700 1 # $a Orford, Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of $e contributor