4 p. l., [vii]-xxi, 114 p., 1 l. col. front., 73 pl. (incl. ports.) 2 fold. facsim. 32 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1909
Notes:
Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
"Three hundred copies only of this book have been printed for the ordinary edition. The special edition consists of ten copies only, printed on Japanese vellum."
[The service] "was made in 1774 by ... Josiah Wedgwood, for the Empress Catherine II of Russia ...the service presents a picture book of England, Wales, and Scotland as the countries appeared in 17 74 ... Every single piece in it ... has upon it a view of some importance place in the United Kingdom."--Pref.