Shelfmark
If.6.tbs
Title
A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress of Russia. Lately in the possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk; with plans, elevations, sections, chimney pieces & ceilings.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Published by John & Josiah Boydell, Jany. 1st MDCCLXXXVIII. [1798]
Physical description
2 v. (5, [1]; 5, [1] p., 162 plates on 133 leaves) : chiefly ill. (ports., plans) ; 68 cm. (brs.)
Note
The descriptive letterpress, printed in English and French columns, is extracted from Horace Walpole's Ædes Walpolianæ, according to the British Museum Catalogue.
Note
A collection formed by the 1st Earl of Orford, and disposed of by the 3rd Earl.
Note
Dedication signed John Boydell.
Note
Includes engravings by F. Bartolozzi, P.P. Choffard, R. Earlom, P. Fourdrinier, J.B. Michel, and W. Pether.
Note
The title-pages and dedication leaves are engraved; the architectural plates are numbered 1--28; the other plates bear no numbers but are numbered I--LX, in the letterpress.
Note
The 162 plates were issued in batches of ten between 1774 and 1788.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T155309
Binding
19th-century dark green morocco; gold and blind roll-tooled borders and inner frames; gold and blind tooled spines; six raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Interleaved.
Subject
Houghton Hall
Subject
Architecture, British England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Painting, European Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Pether, William, 1731 - 1795 engraver.
Added entry--name
Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748 - 1804 engraver.
Added entry--name
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698 - 1758 engraver.
Added entry--name
Earlom, Richard, 1743 - 1822 engraver.
Added entry--name
Choffard, Pierre-Philippe, 1730 - 1809 engraver.
Added entry--name
Bartolozzi, Francesco (), 1727 - 1815 engraver.
Added entry--name
Walpole, Horace, 1717 - 1797 Ædes Walpolianæ.
Added entry--name
Boydell, Josiah, 1752 - 1817 publisher.
Added entry--name
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 publisher.
Added entry--name
Catherine, 1729 - 1796 II, Empress of Russia,
Added entry--name
Walpole, Robert, 1676 - 1745 Earl of Orford,
Added entry--name
Orford, George Walpole, 1730 - 1791 Earl of,
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B32188