JAMES THOMSON THE SEASONS William Hamilton Francesco Bartolozzi Peltro William Tomkins 21 Fine Stipple (5 Full Page) Engraved Master Plates in Sepia Gr.-inFolio 490x345 mm London Bensley 1807 ® collection HELM&HELM sammlung

JAMES THOMSON THE SEASONS William Hamilton Francesco Bartolozzi Peltro William Tomkins 21 Fine Stipple (5 Full Page) Engraved Master Plates in Sepia London Bensley 1807 exlibris LORD CLIFFORD LIBRARY collection HELM&HELM sammlung Gr.-inFolio 490x345 mm cf. Abbey Life 252; Brunet V,836; COHEN / DE RICCI p. 992; GRAESSE TRÉSOR; LOWNDES IV, p. 2671 Bland. History of Book Illustration 221 (all for the 1798 edition) SEMPER PARATUS exlibris LORD CLIFFORD LIBRARY

JAMES THOMSON THE SEASONS William Hamilton Francesco Bartolozzi Peltro William Tomkins 21 Fine Stipple (5 Full Page) Engraved Master Plates in Sepia London Bensley 1807 exlibris LORD CLIFFORD LIBRARY collection HELM&HELM sammlung Gr.-inFolio 490x345 mm 0700 TRANSATLANTIC® This edition reprints the 1798 edition in which the engravings first appeared; these are the same strikes dated 1798. Folio (18"). [x], 244p. Illustrated with 21 engravings in stipple and line (5 full page) by F. Bartolozzi and P.W. Tomkins after paintings by W. Hamilton produced for this work, engraved dedication page in calligraphic style by Tomkins. Bound in brown morocco with titles and panel ornaments in gilt. Abbey Life 252; Lewine 532; Cohen/de Ricci 992; Bland. History of Book Illustration 221 (all for the 1798 edition). "The Italian engraver Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was one of the chief exponents of the stipple technique, his reproductions of Hamilton's pictures for Bensley's 1797 edition of Thomson's Seasons being particularly impressive." (Rota. Apart From the Text. p.150). The images all sharp and clean. A Reasonable copy. This edition reprints the 1798 edition in which the engravings first appeared; these are the same strikes dated 1798.