A jar of honey from Mount Hybla / by Leigh Hunt ; illustrated by Richard Doyle
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/4285
Author
Edition
First edition
Imprint
London: Smith, Elder and Co., MDCCCXLVIII
Physical Description
[6], viii, xxiii, [1], 200 p. : illustrations (wood-engravings) ; 21 cm.
General Note
" ... Illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Richard Doyle. Engraved by Messrs, G. and E. Dalziel, W.J. Linton, George Measom, and Thurston Thompson ... The cover designed by Owen Jones." [p.iii-iv].
London: Vizetelly, Brothers, and Co. Printers and Engravers, Peterborough Courty, Fleet Street. [t.p. verso.].
Contents
Introduction --Sicily, and its mythology -- Glances at ancient Sicilian history and biography -- Theocritus -- Norman times; legend of King Robert -- Italian and English pastoral -- Scotch pastoral --Return to Sicily and Mount Ætna -- Bees -- Miscellaneous feelings respecting Sicily, its music, its religion, and its modern poetry -- Overflowings of the jar.
Subject
Illustrated books
Literary essays
Literary essays
Contributors
Richard Doyle, illustrator, draughtsman
George Dalziel, wood-engraver
Edward Dalziel, wood-engraver
William James Linton, wood-engraver
Sir George Samuel Measom, wood-engraver
Charles Thurston Thompson, wood-engraver
Owen Jones, book designer
Smith, Elder and Company (London), publisher
Dalziel Brothers (London), wood-engraver
George Dalziel, wood-engraver
Edward Dalziel, wood-engraver
William James Linton, wood-engraver
Sir George Samuel Measom, wood-engraver
Charles Thurston Thompson, wood-engraver
Owen Jones, book designer
Smith, Elder and Company (London), publisher
Dalziel Brothers (London), wood-engraver
