Sculptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving : containing, I. The rise and progress of engraving. II. Of engraving in general. III. Of engraving, etching, and scraping on copper, as now practised. IV. An idea of a fine collection of prints. V. The repertorium; or, A collection of various marks and cyphers, with additions. To which is now added, A chronological and historical series of the painters from the eleventh century. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent Le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario pittorico, and other authors. With copper-plates.

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1770
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Sculptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving : containing, I. The rise and progress of engraving. II. Of engraving in general. III. Of engraving, etching, and scraping on copper, as now practised. IV. An idea of a fine collection of prints. V. The repertorium; or, A collection of various marks and cyphers, with additions. To which is now added, A chronological and historical series of the painters from the eleventh century. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent Le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario pittorico, and other authors. With copper-plates. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for J. Marks ..., 1770.

Physical description

xi, 1 unnumbered page, 264 pages, 10 leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings), facsimiles (woodcuts) ; 18 cm (12mo)

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The fourth edition.

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ESTC t085554
ESTC T85554

Notes

Anonymous compilation. Much of the text and all of the plates are derived from Abraham Bosse's De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin (nouv. éd., Paris, 1758). P.137-91 and 226-249 are expanded versions of an earlier translation of Pellegrino Orlandi's Abecedario pittorico (Bologna, 1719) i.e. Repertorium sculptile-typicum: or A complete collection and explanation of the several marks and cyphers by which the prints of the best engravers are distinguished (London, 1730)
Copy 1 Note: Binding: C20th green quarter morocco. With an early MS. bibliography of engraving (nine items) on front free endpapers

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