Four designs enclosed by scrolls, with six lines of verse inscribed below two top and bottom left design, and eight lines of verse inscribed below bottom right design
Description:
: Cartegna -- Maps: England -- Maps: Havana
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head against Surry Street in [the] Strand
Four designs enclosed by scrolls, with six lines of verse inscribed below two top and bottom left design, and eight lines of verse inscribed below bottom right design
Description:
: Cartegna -- Maps: England -- Maps: Havana
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoors Head against Surry Street in [the] Strand
An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in mulitple impressions and states, mostly black and white, with some in sepia ink and colored inks. Mostly by Bartolozzi and his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, Edward Burney, E. Edwards, Smirk, L. Legoux, H. Bunbury, W. Hamilton, Robert Cooper, Topham, Angelica Kaufman, Anthony Pasquin [pseudo. of John Williams], M. Vdr. Gucht, A. Van Assen. Most engravings are untitled and undated; the dated tickets fall between 1776-1796 A few plates with printers and publishers named: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell. Occasional contemporary annotations, including the stamped initials "M. R."
Jany. 1, 1776, according to act of Parlt. (39 Strand)
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Image Count:
331
Description:
Title from decorated title-page., Engraved throughout. Includes two portraits of Garrick to whom the book is dedicated. Plates dated 1766-1776., Some of the plates are by Bunbury., Extra-illustrated with three additional plates, 1783-1785., and Bound in three quarters leather with marbled paper boards, with hinges repaired. Red morocco spine label: Darley's comic prints. For further information, consult library staff.