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003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 0 $a River Scenery, By Turner And Girtin, With Descriptions By Mrs. Hofland. Engraved by Eminent Engravers, from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. And The Late Thomas Girtin.
260 # # $c 1827. $a London. $b Published By W.B. Cooke. 9. Soho Square.
300 # # $a 22 p., t.pl., 17, 1 pl., [3 pl. numbered '3', '12', '11']; $c 375 mm. (Quarto.)
500 # # $a Each plate is numbered bottom centre, below the caption.
505 0 # $a [T.pl.] - [Pl. 1-17, 1, 3] - River Scenery. List Of Plates Contained In The Volume - [Text]; [colophon] - [Pl. 12, 11] - River Scenery. Directions To The Binder [tipped in].
508 # # $a The title plate is signed as engraved by Philip Jones. All numbered plates are signed as drawn by J.M.W. Turner R.A. or Thomas Girtin - except the second pl. '3', which is signed as by W. Collins - and are signed as engraved by Thomas Lupton, G.H. Phillips, Charles Turner, W. Say, John Bromley or S.W. Reynolds.

Each carries the publisher's imprint of W.B. Cooke and the date.

The text printer is named in the colophon: 'W. Wilson, Printer, 57, Skinner Street, London'.
510 0 # $a L. Herrmann, Turner prints (1990); W.G. Rawlinson, The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner (2 v. 1908-13).

S. Thomas, Thomas Girtin [exhibition catalogue] (1986); F. Hawcroft, Thomas Girtin [exhibition catalogue] (1975); T. Girtin and D. Loshak, The art of Thomas Girtin (1954).
520 2 # $a The publication-date of 1827 is carried by the title-plate. The numbered plates carry publication-dates of 1823 Jun 2; 1824 Jan 1, Jul 1, Aug 1; 1825 Mar 1, Jun 1; 1826 Aug 1, Sep 1; 1827 Jan 1, Mar 1.

The 'River Scenery. List Of Plates Contained In The Volume' calls for eighteen plates. There are in fact eighteen plates numbered 1-17, 1 - and a further three plates, numbered '3' (bound in at the end of the main sequence), '12' and '11' (the last two bound in after the colophon). These additional three plates are referred to in the tipped-in Directions To The Binder: 'Plate of Eton, in No. 1., to be cancelled. Ditto of Totnes, in No. IV., to be cancelled. Ditto of Ripon Minster, in No. IV., to be cancelled'.
600 1 4 $a Turner
600 1 4 $a Girtin
653 # # $a Rivers - Waterways - Riverbanks - River towns - Landscapes (environments) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
653 # # $a Drawings - Landscapes (representations) - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Views - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Turner $e source artist $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Girtin $e source artist $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Cooke $e publisher
700 1 # $a Jones, Philip $e engraver
700 1 # $a Lupton $e engraver
700 1 # $a Phillips $e engraver
700 1 # $a Turner $e engraver
700 1 # $a Say $e engraver
700 1 # $a Bromley $e engraver
700 1 # $a Reynolds $e engraver
700 1 # $a Collins $e source artist
700 1 # $a Hofland
700 1 # $a Wilson $e printer