; architecture behind at right; proof before letters
Description:
Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2309., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 35 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Ryland & Bryer Engravers & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill
"Fabelliedchen. Es sah' ein Knab' ein Rösslein stehn ...", attributed to Goethe: p. 57., "LvTruchsess, Bundorph, 1774." written on front end-paper; a few ms. notes, apparently by the same hand., According to [Truchsesee's?] ms. note on p.139, Goethe was the translator of Frisi's Versuch über die gothische Baukunst., and I. Auszug aus einem Briefwechsel über Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker [by Herder] -- II. Shakespear [by Herder]. Nachschrift [zu I.] -- III. Von deutscher Baukunst [by Geothe] -- IV. Versuch über die gothische Baukunst. Livorno, 1776. Aus dem Italienischen dees Frisi. -- V. Deutsche Geschichte [by Möser].
Publisher:
Bey Bode.
Subject (Name):
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803, Ossian, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Vitruvius Britannicus, ou l'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des bâtimens reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne
Description:
The title pages are engraved in volumes 1-2, 4-5., Vol. 3 contains "The geometrical plans of the most considerable gardens and plantations.", Vols. 4 and 5 are a continuation by Woolfe and Gandon., and BAC: British Art Center copy is a large paper copy, with volumes IV & V larger than volumes I to III. All volumes are first issues with lists of subscribers and volumes IV & V with the bookplate of Edward Harbord, Lord Suffield. Bound in contemporary calf; rebacked.
Publisher:
Sold by the author over against Douglas-Coffee house in St. Martins-Lane : John Nicholson in Little Britain : Andrew Bell at the Cross-Keys in Cornhil : W. Taylor in Pater-Noster -Row : Henry Clements in St. Pauls Church-yard : and Jos. Smith in Exeter Change