The Iliad of Homer . engraved from the compositions of John Flaxman R.A. sculptor, London.
John Flaxman (York 1755 - London 1826)
Category
Books
Date
1879
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3066050
Summary
Bibliographic description
39 leaves of plates . obl. 4to.. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Blue publisher's cloth; title printed on front board. Binding uniform with G.5.13: Flaxman's classical outlines.
Makers and roles
John Flaxman (York 1755 - London 1826)