A collection of one hundred and twenty-nine fac-similes of scarce and curious prints, by the early masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish schools; illustrative of the history of engraving, from the invention of the art, by Maso Finiguerra, in the middle of the fifteenth century with introduction remarks and a catalogue of the plates / By William Young Ottley.

  • Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836.
Date:
1828
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

London : Pub. for the proprietor, and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green [etc.], 1828.

Physical description

2 unnumbered leaves, XXXVI, XXV pages, 140 plates (including ports.) : add. title page, illustrations, mounted on 81 leaves ; (folio)

Notes

Engraved half-title.
Copy 1 Note: Many of the engravings are pasted in. Nos. ii-xiii are in duplicate with one set on silvered paper. Bookplate of Edward Bickersteth Ottley.

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    EPB/F/2167

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