Shelfmark
Gi.1.11 - Gi.1.12
Author
Title
Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom, from the earliest period to the reign of Henry ye VIII, consisting of statues, bassorelievos, brasses &c. paintings on glass and on walls &c. A description of each subject, some of which by gentlemen of literary abilities, and well versed in the antiquities of this kingdom whose names are prefixed to their essays. This work is designed to shew the rise & progress of sculpture and painting in England, to explain obscure and doubtful parts of history, and preserve the portraits of great and eminent personages. The drawings made from the original subjects and engrav'd by Iohn Carter.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Published as the act directs by John Carter Wood St. Westminster., November ye 1st. 1780. [i.e. 1780-94].
Physical description
2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 46 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Issued in parts.
Note
Include engraved title pages and frontispieces.
Note
V. 2 dated "Jany. 1st. 1787", but the dates of the plates in v.1 range from 1780-86, in v.2 from 1787-94.
Note
Dedication on leaf immediately following t.p. to v.1 dated Nov. 1786.
Note
Subtitle varies.
Note
With a list of subscribers to each volume.
Note
Pagination: [4], [iv], [2], 60 p., [57] leaves of plates; [4], iv, 70 p., [57] leaves of plates.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T90203
Provenance
No provenance information recorded in the book.
Binding
18th-century brown calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt fillets to form a border with tools at the corners; gilt rolls on board edges and turn-ins. Spine with twelve raised bands, decorated with gilt rolls and titling ("Carter's ancient sculpture"; "Vol. [I./II.]"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's ms. notes on endpapers.
Subject
Great Britain Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Carter, John, 1748 - 1817 publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51120