The life of man : symbolised by the months of the year in a series of illustrations by John Leighton : ... and pourtrayed in their seasons and phases, with passages selected from ancient and modern authors / by Richard Pigot.
Published / Created:
London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866.
Physical Description:
xii, 240 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Wood engravings by David Wallace Williamson, W.T. Green, George Dalziel, Henry Leighton, August Gaber, Hugo Bürkner, Horace Harrall, and Edward Dalziel.
Subject Terms:
Seasons in literature. | English literature. | Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer -- Publisher. | Bradbury, Evans, -- Printer | Edmonds & Remnants -- Bookbinder. | Leighton, John, 1822–1912, binding designer | Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. | Jones, David Arthur -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1866
Contributors:
Bürkner, Hugo, engraver. | Cooper, Alfred W., engraver. | Dalziel, Edward, 1817–1905, engraver. | Dalziel, George, 1815–1902, engraver. | Gaber, August, 1823–1894, engraver. | Green, W. T., active 1837–1872, engraver. | Harral, Horace, engraver. | Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799–1869, engraver. | Leighton, Henry, fl. 1851–1872, engraver. | Leighton, John, 1822–1912, ill. | Pearson, George, active approximately 1860, engraver. | Williamson, David Wallace, fl. 1872–1898, engraver. | Woods, Henry, 1846–1921, engraver.