Hogarth's Graphic Works. Third Revised Edition

First published as a two volume set in in 1965, this is a first impression of the reset and revised one volume third edition of 1989. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK BIRO, ON HALF TITLE PAGE. 479pp. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some faint traces of sticky marks (coffee cup rings?) to front jacket, corners slightly bruised, some very faint spotting to page block and map endpapers, not price clipped (£150.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. The third and substantially revised edition of Ronald Paulson's magisterial catalogue raisonne of all the engravings known to have been made or supervised by William Hogarth. With fabulous b&w plates of all the states of all the engravings. Indispensable to the art historian or dealer. A huge heavy book, extra postage may be required. Very scarce signed.