Shelfmark
Bq.6.29 - Bq.6.31
Author
Worlidge, T., 1700 - 1766 (Thomas)
Title
A select collection of drawings from curious antique gems; most of them in the possession of the nobility and gentry of this kingdom; etched after the manner of Rembrandt. By T. Worlidge ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Dryden Leach, for M. Worlidge; and M. Wicksteed, 1768.
Physical description
3v plates ; 4to.
Note
Consists of plates, with 48 pages of letterpress in French in vol. 1.
Note
Also published as "Collection Choisie de desseins tirés de pierres precieuses antiques", Londres, 1768.
Note
Apparently the genuine 1768 edition (NUC).
Note
Catchword on p.1: tirés.
Note
Numbering on plates is back-to-front.
Citation/references note
ESTC T89215
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2005. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 433. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 15152, no. 12).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note recording bequest by Edward Chamberlayne (1740-82, OE).
Binding
?18th century red morocco with gold-tooled border.
Subject
Gems, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Gems Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Worlidge, M. bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616 - 1703 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B13232