Shelfmark
CSR.1314
Author
Title
British mezzotinto portraits : being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : accompanied by biographical notes, and appendix of a selection of the prices produced at public sales by some of the specimens, down to the present time / by John Chaloner Smith.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 36 Piccadilly; and J. Noseda, 109 Strand, 1878-1884.
Physical description
4 v. in 5 (liv, 1780 p., [129] leaves of plates) : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. + 1 portfolio containing 125 ports. (4 fold.).
Note
Paged continuously with unpaged appendices of prices at back of each volume.
Formatted contents note
Contents: pt. 1. Engravers: Adams to Faber -- pt. 2. Engravers. Faithorne to Miller -- pt. 3. Engravers: Moore to Vispre -- pt. 4. Division I. Engravers: Walker to Young -- pt. 4. Division II. Additions, Corrections, Indexes, etc -- One hundred and twenty-five portraits in illustration of British Mezzotino Portraits described by John Chaloner Smith. Taken by the autotype process from the original mezzotinto engravings in the author's collection.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of George Warren Swire on front pastedowns; later date "1914" added in ms.
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College Library with red initials on the front pastedowns.
Provenance
Pt. 2: Publisher's label printed in black lettering and pasted on front flyleaf, containing bibliographic information and prize.
Binding
19th century full red cloth binding; paper spine labels printed in black; blank endpapers; rough edges.
Copy-specific note
Reference collection.
Copy-specific note
Incomplete: Library holds pts. II, IV (Division I), and IV (Division II) only.
Subject
Portrait prints, British Catalogs.
Subject
Mezzotint engraving, British Catalogs.
Subject
Great Britain Biography.
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Genre/Form
Biographies.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54975