Shelfmark
Go.3.09
Author
Title
A biographical dictionary; containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time; and a short list of their most esteemed works. With the cyphers, monograms, and particular marks, used by each master, accurately copied from the originals, and properly explained. To which is prefixed, an essay on the rise and progress of the art of engraving, both on copper and on wood. With several curious specimens of the performances of the most ancient artists. By Joseph Strutt.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed by J. Davis, for Robert Faulder, New Bond Street, M.DCC.LXXXV - M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1785-1786]
Physical description
2 v. (viii, 29, [1], 368 p. and 9 leaves of plates; [2], 17, [1], 458 p. and 10 leaves of plates) : ill. (some color) ; 26 cm. (4to)
Note
Each volume has a half-title.
Note
Includes "Corrections and additions" to both volumes at the end of v.2.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T102847
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library on front first flyleaf.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton (1852-1914) on front pastedown.
Binding
18th-century mottled calfskin over pasteboards. Covers undecorated. Spine flat and rebacked, decorated with gilt titling over black label ("Strutt's dictionary of engravers"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Photocopy of ms. catalogue card inserted between front pastedown and flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's ms. notes on front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Some pencil underlinings and signposts throughout the text.
Copy-specific note
2 v. in 1.
Copy-specific note
At the end of v.1, a smaller leaf listing one textual omission has been bound between the two volumes.
Subject
Engravers Biography.
Subject
Engravers Dictionaries Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 8 - 1815 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Davis, J. printer.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Link
Eighteenth century collections online https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CW0106158695/ECCO?sid=gale_marc&u=oxford
Identifier
B50940