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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell


The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society
The Hermit; A Poem
Engraved by: Thomas Bewick (English, 1753–1828)
Engraved by: John Bewick (English, 1760–1795)
After: Robert Johnson (English, 1770–1796)
After: John Johnson (English, died in 1797)
After: John Bewick (English, 1760–1795)
After: Thomas Bewick (English, 1753–1828)
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (English, 1730?–1774)
Author: Thomas Parnell (English, 1679–1718)
Printer: William Bulmer (English, 1757–1830)
1795
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 13 wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 31.1 x 25.1 x 1.8 cm (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.328
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1795

Catalogue Raisonné Ray, Illustrator and Book in England, 50; Hugo 78
Description(London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1795) Large quarto; 48 leaves, plus five plates; modern gilt-stamped blue morocco (Riviere & Son).

Illustrations to poems; illustrative vignettes.
ProvenanceThomas Tylston Grey [bookplate]; W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, April 8, 1964.