Low, David, 1786-1859, The breeds of the domestic animals of the British Islands , 1842
- Title(s):
The breeds of the domestic animals of the British Islands / described by David Low ... ; and illustrated with plates, from drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, R.S.A. ; reduced from a series of portraits from life, executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels, R.S.A. ; in two volumes.
- Published/Created:
- London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842.
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : col. ill. ; 44 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2011 102 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2011 102 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/2458319
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- With 56 lithographs by Thomas Fairland; after William Nicholson, from paintings by William Shiels.
Printed by Wilson and Ogilvy, 57, Skinner Street, London.
Originally issued in 14 bi-monthly installments (at one guinea each), 1840-1842, with 4 plates of hand-colored lithographs in each part.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 168
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 126
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in gilt-tooled red morocco (in 2 volumes), by [James] Hayday. Bookplate: Henry B. Marshall.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 in the original parts, in printed gray wrappers. Part numbers are printed on the wrappers of parts I-III and VIII-XIV. Arabic numbers are handwritten in ink on the wrappers of parts III-VII, except for part V, which is inscribed with a roman number.
MUDD: Vol. 2 imperfect: one plate wanting. - Subject Terms:
- Animals in art.Cows in art.Domestic animals -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.Hayday, James -- 1796-1872 -- Bookbinder.Horses in art.Livestock -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans -- Publisher.Marshall, Henry B. -- Bookplate.
- Form/Genre:
- Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1842.
- Export:
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- V. 1. The horse, and the ox
- v. 2. The sheep, the goat, and the hog.
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