Paris and its environs : original drawings / by F. Nash : manuscript, [ca. 1820]

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Paris and its environs : original drawings / by F. Nash : manuscript, [ca. 1820]

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a An album of 68 drawings in pen and ink. They are the original drawings for John Scott, Picturesque views of the city of Paris and its environs (1st ed. 1820). Next to each drawing is an annotation by Philip Hofer comparing it to the published version.

68 leaves, bound ; 38 cm.

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Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in...

Leinster family,

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Scott, John, 1784-1821

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Writer and editor of London magazine. From the description of Letter : Geneva, London, Milan, Mortlake, Rome, to Robert Baldwin, London, 1818-1820. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28295338 ...

Nash, Frederick, 1782-1856

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