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| BROMLEY (HENRY) A Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits, From Egbert the Great to the Present Time. Consisting of the Effigies of Persons in Every Walk of Human Life; as well those whose Services to their Country are Recorded in the Annals of the English History, as ot Printed for T. Payne and W. Otridge and Son. 1793. First Edition, 4to, xiv,[2],479,[1],56,[80]pp., text lightly stained, orig. calf, neatly re-backed. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 | JP 13941] Book number: 26661 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| CAULFIELD (JAMES) Calcographiana: The Printsellers Chronicle and Collectors Guide to the Knowledge and Value of Engraved British Portraits. Printed by and for G. Smeeton... and Sold by J. Caulfield. 1814. First Edition, [ii],viii,163+2pp., of adverts, frontis., portrait, title printed in red and black, manuscript index to endpapers, orig. marbled boards, re-backed, uncut. Caulfield, a printseller by trade, produced many books on the history of engraving. The DNB states that “His knowledge of English history and biography was minute and extensive, while his acquaintance with engraved British portraits was unequalled by any person of his time”. An interesting volume, full of snide remarks about publishers, description of portraits, prices, notes on the engravers, etc. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 | JP 13941] Book number: 26659 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. | ||
| DODGSON (CAMPBELL) The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Edited by Geoffrey Holme. Published by the Studio Ltd. 1922. First Edition, large 4to, ix,36pp., number 44 of a limited edition of 200 copies, large paper copy printed on hand-made paper, 96 full-page plates printed on one side only of which several are heliogravure facsimiles each with protective tissue with short descriptive text, orig. full vellum, some lightly soiled, title stamped in gilt on upper cover, label to spine, uncut, a nice copy. An important work on Whistler’s etchings with a 448 item list of his etchings reprinted from Kennedy’s 1910 catalogue. GBP 345.00 [Appr.: EURO 382.75 US$ 573.05 | JP 50626] Book number: 26645 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books. |
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