The seasons. By Mr. Thomson.
James Thomson (1700-1748)
Category
Books
Date
1730
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3025867
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 252; 16 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 7439. Mould and water staining throughout. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf (rubbed, delaminated); sewn on six raised bands; gilt fillet and roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine with crown, leaf and star tooling; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
James Thomson (1700-1748), author William Kent (Bridlington 1685 - London 1748), artist Pierre Fourdrinier (1698-1758), engraver (printmaker) Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749), engraver (printmaker)