An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving : upon copper and in wood, with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi

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An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving : upon copper and in wood, with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi

by: Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836

Publication date: 1816

Topics: Engraving,Engraving, Renaissance,Wood-engraving,Wood-engraving, Renaissance,Engravers,Wood-engravers,Engraving -- 15th century,Engraving -- 16th century,Wood-engraving -- 15th century,Wood-engraving -- 16th century

Publisher: London : Printed for John and Arthur Arch by J. M'Creery

Collection: getty;americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Volume: v.2

Item Size: 433.4M

Twenty-two plates, one folded, one included in pagination (p. [145-46])

Plates include four from original woodblocks by Albrecht Dürer "in the posession of P.E. Boissier." Two plates signed by Swaine and Bromley respectively as engraver

Includes index

Errata slip tipped in, v. 1, c. 1

Getty c. 1 has label of Biblioteca T. de Marinis, and armorial bookplate of Gerolamo, marchese d'Adda (1815-1881)

Getty c. 2 is large paper (40 cm.), with hand-colored second copies of the first two plates. Guard leaves. Bound in marbled paper, half calfskin; rebacked, preserving original backstrips; "Fonthill binding," according to clipping from dealer's catalog mounted inside front cover, with Latimer crosses and cinquefoils in gilt on spines. Signature "...Hurd" on t.p., v. 1

Inserted in v. 2, c. 2 is hand-colored etching of a bustard, signed by G. Edwards and dated 1746

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 266

Plates include four from original woodblocks by Albrecht Dürer "in the posession of P.E. Boissier." Two plates signed by Swaine and Bromley respectively as engraver

2 v. (836 p., [21] leaves of plates) : 30 cm. (4to)

Addeddate: 2011-05-09 17:28:53

Associated-names: Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner; Bromley, William, 1769-1842; Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528; Edwards, George, 1694-1773; Swaine, John, 1775-1860