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Subtitle: or, Annual of literature and the arts.
Contributors: Humphrys, William, 1794-1865; Worthington, William Henry, ca. 1795-ca. 1839; Brandard, Robert, 1805-1862; Fox, Augustus, fl. 1828-1874; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857; Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878; Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830; Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834; Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836; Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875; Reinagle, Ramsay R. 1775-1862; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834; Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832; White, Thomas, printer
Publisher: William Pickering
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Annual of literature and the arts
Notes: Steel-engraved t.p. with illustrated vignette included in pagination.

Printer's device on colophon.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-5] at end.

Most steel-engraved plates include etched lines.

Plates are engraved by W. Humphreys, W. H. Worthington, R. Brandard, J. A. Wright, Augustus Fox, Edward Finden, W. Ensom and R. Wallis after Sir Thomas Lawrence, T. Stothard, David Wilkie, W. H. Worthington, R. Westall, H. W. Pickersgill and R. R. Reinagle.

"The Wood-Cut fac-simile alluded to in the note on p. 308, was found to be too large for the Work, it has therefore been thought advisable to omit it."--List of Embellishments.

Includes "The wanderings of Cain", "Work without hope", "Youth and age", "A day dream" and "The two founts" by S. T. Coleridge.

Includes "Letter from Sir Walter Scott, Bart.".

Includes works by Charles Lamb, Barry Cornwall, James Montgomery, Horace Smith and Mrs. Pickersgill.

MASS copy 1: Bound in quarter red morocco and beige paper-covered boards; a.e.g.  Upper and lower covers lithographed with the titling and a decorative and ornamental border design.  Spine blocked in gold with title and imprint: "Pickering  MDCCCXXVIII".  With ownership inscription: "P. Olive".

MASS copy 2: Bound in quarter red morocco and beige paper-covered boards in the same design as copy 1; a.e.g.  Spine title blocked in gold and blind and imprint blocked in gold: "Pickering MDCCCXXVIII".  A different impression of the edition than copy 1 with differing signature marks on p. [13], 127 and 130.

MASS copy 3: Bound in quarter green morocco and beige paper-covered boards in the same design as copy 1 and copy 2; a.e.g.  Spine blocked in gold with title and imprint: "Pickering  MDCCCXXVIII". With ownership inscription: "Mary Bradley".  A variant state of the edition than copy 1 or copy 2, with some changes to the text on p. vi-vii, 298, and differing signature marks on p. [13], [65], 165 and 297.