Shelfmark
Ft.1.10
Author
Title
The works of Jonathan Richardson. Containing I. The theory of painting. II. Essay on the art of criticism, (so far as it relates to painting). III. The science of a connoisseur. A new edition, corrected, with the additions of an Essay on the knowledge of prints, and cautions to collectors. Ornamented with portraits by Worlidge, &c of the most eminent painters mentioned. Dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joshua Reynolds. The whole intended as a supplement to the Anecdotes of painters and engravers.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Supplement to the Hon. Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of painters and engravers.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Sold by T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall; J. Debrett, Piccadilly; R. Faulder, and W. Miller, New Bond-Street; J. Cuthell, Middle-Row, Holborn; J. Barker, Russell-Court; E. Jeffery, Pall-Mall., 1792.
Physical description
vi, [3], 6-287 p., [10] leaves of plates : ports. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Note
Half-title: Supplement to the Hon. Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of painters and engravers.
Note
The titlepage is a cancel.
Note
Engraved title page vignette imitating the Strawberry Hill fleuron.
Note
Another state of the title page has "Printed at Strawberry Hill." above the vignette, and "B. White and Son" as the first name in the imprint.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N25732
Citation/references note
Hazen. Strawberry Hill, p. 65
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2002. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 363. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 12701, no. 14).
Provenance
20th-century red and black booklabel of Eton College Library with inscription "given by Dr Paget Toynbee".
Provenance
Ownership inscription of Paget Toynbee, Oct. 1903.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Richard Chase Sidney.
Provenance
19th-century ownership inscription of Arther Geo Dodg [?].
Binding
19th-century moiré brown cloth case binding; gold-tooled spine title; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
The plates in this copy are tinted red.
Copy-specific note
Pencil notes in a 20th-century hand (Toynbee?): "rare with tinted plates" and "this is not the authentic Strawberry Hill fleuron".
Subject
Subject
Engraving Early works to 1800.
Subject
Painting Early works to 1800.
Subject
Presses, Issues of Strawberry-Hill.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Cuthell, John bookseller.
Added entry--name
Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 8 - 1815 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Debrett, John, 1752 - 1822 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Egerton, John bookseller.
Added entry--name
Egerton, Thomas, fl. 1784 - 1830 (Bookseller)
Added entry--name
Miller, William, 1769 - 1844 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Walpole, Horace, 1717 - 1797 History of the modern taste in gardening.
Added entry--name
Sidney, Richard Chase former owner.
Added entry--name
Toynbee, Paget Jackson, 1855 - 1932 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B41189