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Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy

Published 1839
Author Reeve, Emily
Illustrator Allom, Thomas
Title Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy. Designed and Drawn from Nature, by Thomas Allom, Esq. With Descriptive Letter-Press, by Emma Reeve.
Publisher’s imprint [London:] Fisher, Son, & Co., Newgate St. and Angel St., London; Rue St. Honoré, Paris [1839].
Printer’s colophon Fisher, Son, and Co., the Caxton Press, Newgate-Street and Angel-Street, London.
Format 2o; 1 vol.: pp. [3]-24; 20 plates
Sources lst Google; NSTC 2R5248; OCLC 3662419
Copy inspected Oxford Sackler 928.9 All [fol.]
Notes

  1. Two identical title pages are found in separate issues of the book, one with Reeve's forename as 'Emma', the other as 'Emily'. The author's name is more likely to be 'Emily Reeve', as explained in the biographical notice in this database.

  2. Reviews: Literary Gaz., no. 1184 (28 Sept. 1839): 610-12; Tait's Edinburgh Mag. 6 (Dec. 1839): 816, col. 2; Polytechnic Journal 2 (Jan. 1840): 82-83.
Genre View book
BTW record no. BTW1143
Regions Italy, Turkey in Europe

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