London: John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill and William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1826
Physical Description
2 volumes : 50 plates ; 38 cm.
General Note
Engraved title page with vignette.
Many of the plates, including the title page vignette are from drawings by J.M.W. Turner.
Copy Note
With two letters from Edward Blore, both dated 18 March 1870, loosely inserted. The first is a brief note on Athenaeum Club headed paper addressed to Solomon A. Hart, the Academy’s librarian, offering the volumes to the RA Library. The second is a four page account of how and why the book came to be published.