Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham, 1791 = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham, 1791.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:William D. and Helen M. Chase Collection.
Main Author: Witton, Philip Henry (Author, Designer)
Other Authors: Ellis, William, 1747-1810 (Engraver)
Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809 (Publisher)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English and French.
Published: [London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1792]
Series:William D. and Helen M. Chase Collection.
Subjects:
Riots > England > Birmingham > Early works to 1800.
Birmingham (England) > History > Early works to 1800.
Riots.
England > Birmingham.
History.
Aquatints > 1791.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
History.
Aquatints
Ownership and Custodial History:
Page from a bookseller's catalog bearing description of this copy found in item, with typed notation along fore-edge: "Sanders of Oxford, Catalogue 94, Sept 1979. 104 The High, Oxford, England"; removed, and now available in MSS 466
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of William D. and Helen M. Chase.
MSU: Lacking title leaf; replaced in this copy with a contemporary or near-contemporary manuscript title page (omitting French portion of title).
MSU: Leaf [2] cropped along fore-edge, slight affecting French text; damage to leaf [3] slightly affects French text.
MSU: Laid-in material transferred to MSS 466, Box 8, Folder 199.
Binding Information:
Stitched into contemporary slate-colored paper wrappers.
Physical Description:9 unnumbered leaves, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (aquatints) ; 20 x 28 cm
Variant Title:
Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham, 1791 [Parallel title]
Format: Book

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