Shelfmark
Gn.2.10
Author
Title
The gentleman's and connoisseur's dictionary of painters. Containing a complete collection, and account, of the most distinguished artists, who have florished in the art of painting, at Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, and other cities of Italy; in Holland, Flanders, England, Germany, or France; from the year 1250, when the art of painting was revived by Cimabue, to the year 1767; including above five hundred years, and the number of artists amounting to near one thousand four hundred. Extracted from the most auhtentic writers who have treated on the subject of painting, in Latin, Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Low Dutch.To which are added, two catalogues: the one, A catalogue of the disciples of the most famous masters, for the use of those who desire to obtain a critical knowledge of the different hands and manners of the different schools :- the other, A catalogue of those painters who imitated the works of the eminent masters so exactly, as to have their copies frequently mistaken for originals. The whole being digested in a more easy and instructive method than has hitherto appeared; and caluclated for general entertainment and instruction, as well as for the particular use of the admirers and professors of the art of painting.
Edition
A new edition. / To which is added, a supplement containing anecdotes of the latest and most celebrated artists, including several by Lord Orford. Also, Remarks on the present state of the art of painting, by James Barry, Esq.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by W. and C. Spilsbury, Snow-Hill, for J. Walker, no. 44, and G. G. and J. Robinson, no. 25, Paternoster-Row, 1798.
Physical description
xii, 840 [i.e. 830], xxiii p. ; 30 cm.
Note
Pp. 439-830 misnumbered 449-840.
Note
Includes index, bound at end.
Note
T.p. divided by double rules.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T135976
Binding
19th century half leather; boards covered in buff covered cloth; blind tooled leaf-shaped roll along edges of leather; gold tooled fillet and geometric roll on spine; green morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Extra-illustrated, chiefly portraits of artists, but including some engravings.
Subject
Painters Biography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Painters Dictionaries Early works to 1800.
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Spilsbury, William printer.
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Spilsbury, Charles printer.
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Walker, John, fl. 1781 - 1817 bookseller.
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G. G. and J. Robinson booksellers.
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England London
Identifier
B28647