Visits to the Leverian Museum : containing an account of several of its principal curiosities, both of nature and art ; intended for the instruction of young persons in the first principles of natural history.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed for Tabart and Co. at the Juvenile Library, No. 157 New Bond-street, [1805] ([London] : Heney, printer, Banner-Square)
Description
xii, 163, [5] p., [1] 1 fold-out leaf of plates : ill. (engraving) ; 14 cm.

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library 34068 Eng 18 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Description of the collection founded by Ashton Lever, "an invaluable collection of curiosities" (p. [iii]), presented in the form of a narrative tour given by Anthony Ella to Henry Morton.
    Notes
    • Fold-out engraved frontis. (15 x 20 cm. unfolded) of Leverian Museum rotunda, signed "S. Potter, sc."; backed with (possibly later) fabric; undated unlike that cited by Moon (which is dated Nov. 12, 1805)
    • Preface signed by Anthony Ella.
    • Publisher's catalog on [5] p. at end listing 31 numbered titles: "instructive and superior books, for children and young persons of both sexes, [that] have just been published."
    • Cotsen copy: "John Lawson"--Printed bookplate on front pastedown.
    Binding note
    • Pub. quarter red roan over marbled paper bds.
    • Cotsen copy: Offprinting from another work, dated 1807, onto marbled paper upper and lower covers.
    Indexed in
    Altick, Richard D. Shows of London, p. 28-33
    References
    Moon, M. Tabart's juvenile library, 32
    Other title(s)
    Leverian Museum : two shillings
    OCLC
    54201424
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