Collections historical, genealogical and topographical for Bedfordshire : etched & engraved on 114 copper plates / from the original drawings by (or under the direction of) Thomas Fisher.

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Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836, Collections historical, genealogical and topographical for Bedfordshire , 1812-1836

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Creator:: Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
Title(s):: Collections historical, genealogical and topographical for Bedfordshire : etched & engraved on 114 copper plates / from the original drawings by (or under the direction of) Thomas Fisher.
Published/Created:: [London] : Pub. for the author, by J. B. Nichols and son [etc.], 1812-1836.
Physical Description:: [2], 4 p., [115] leaves of plates : ill. : 39 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 96 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 96 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5575592
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Engravings by and after Thomas Fisher.
Title page engraved.
List of plates (p. 3-4) has paginal references to Lyson's Magna Britannia, Bedfordshire.
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is bound in half-calf marbled boards. Has aquatint title page; lacks preliminary pages. Bookplate: Duke of Bedford. Copy 2 is a large paper copy, 46 cm., bound in half-calf marbled boards. Extra-illustrated with maps and views of Bedfordshire. Pages are 38 cm. and mounted on larger paper. Has engraved title page.
Subject Terms:: Bedford, Duke of -- Bookplate.
Bedfordshire (England) -- Antiquities.
Bedfordshire (England) -- Description and travel.
Bedfordshire (England) -- History.
Bedfordshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1812-1836.
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1812-1836.
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836, -- Publisher.
J.B. Nichols and son -- Printer.
Form/Genre:: Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Aquatints -- 1812-1836.
Contributors:: Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836, ill.
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