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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

Subject

Architecture, British England Early works to 1800.

Subject

Painting, European Early works to 1800.

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Walpole, Horace, 1717 - 1797 Ædes Walpolianæ.

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Catherine, 1729 - 1796 II, Empress of Russia,

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England London.

Language code

eng fre

Identifier

B32188
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