A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, from the Revival of the Art under Cimabue, and the Alledged Discovery of Engraving by Finiguerra, to the Present Time: With the Ciphers, Monograms, and Marks, Used by Each Engraver; and an Ample List of their Principal Works, Vol. 1-2

Bryan, Michael

Published by London: Carpenter and Son - J. Booker - Whittingham and Arliss 1816

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A complete set of two volumes; the vol. 1 contains all 5 plates with monograms. There is a portrait (steel engraving) of the author in the frontispiece of the vol. 1. Front endpapers have a bookplate of Henry Arden Adderley, 5th Baron Norton (1854-1945). /// Leather binding with gilt ornament; hardback, XLIX+709, [2]+822 pp., 5 plates, 4° (21 x 27.5 cm), boards worn, front boards detached, back boards almost detached, large parts of backstrips missing, edges yellowed, top edges darkened, ca. 50 leaves foxed, many pages yellowed, rare pencil marking, condition: fair Book Language/s: English. Seller Inventory # A42329

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Title: A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of ...

Publisher: London: Carpenter and Son - J. Booker - Whittingham and Arliss 1816

Binding: Hardcover