[MARTYN (Thomas)]

A Chronological Series of Engravers from the Invention of the Art to the Beginning of the Present Century.

Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon, 1770. First edition, 12mo, [4], xii, 128, [16]pp., LACKING the 3 folding plates of engravers' marks and monograms, cont. calf, rubbed, re-backed with inner hinges strengthened. A preface of 12 pages which is a brief history of engraving is followed by 128 pages of names arranged in two series, the first being numbers 1 (Martin Schoen) to 639 (J. Dieu de S. Jean), foreign engravers, the second being numbers 640 (Thomas Geminie or Geminus) to 805 (James Green), English engravers. Bigmore & Wyman I, p.135; Levis, p.51-2.

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Book number: 40181

Keywords: ENGRAVING ENGRAVERS

[Thomas Martyn]

A Chronological Series of Engravers from the Invention of the Art to the Beginning of the Present Century.

Cambridge, J. Woodyer; et all, 1770. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this extensive study into the history of engravings, illustrated with three folding plates. The first edition of this work.A scarce work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with three folding plates. Collated, complete.ESTC citation number T153275.Martyn's concise study into the history of engraving, tracing the art from its beginnings up to the commencement of the eighteenth century.The work details all of the famous engravers from the last few centuries, accompanied with brief biographies detailing their works.It is generally considered that the botanist Thomas Martyn compiled this work.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Bought June 1891, Written by Thomas Martyn&apos. Label to the front pastedown. Blind stamp of the Wigan Free Public Library to the title page and to the folding plates. Numerical ink to the reverse of the title page. In a full calf binding, rebacked with the original boards restored. Externally, generally smart, with some light discolouration to the boards. A little wear to the extremities, with evidence of former loss to the boards before being rebacked. Light marks to the boards and spine. Label to the front pastedown. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with just a couple of odd spots. Blind stamp to the title page and folding plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 750P4

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: A Chronological Series of Engravers From the Invention of the Art thomas martyn engravers engraving thomas martyn engraver illustrations Not Stated

Martyn; Cavendish, Richard; Finlay, Ross; Shurlock, Barry; Smith, Roland; Thomas, Roger; AND Wright, Geoffrey Brown

Country Roads of Britain: The Motorist's Guide to Touring at Leisure

Colour Library Books. Hardcover ISBN: 0862839300, Condition: VeryGood.

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MARTYN (Thomas)

Elements of Natural History.

Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the University; for Benjamin White, 1785. 8vo, 70, [10, index and glossary]pp., disbound. Elements of Natural History. Vol. I. Part I. Containing the Mammalia.

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Book number: 39481

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY

MARTYN THOMAS

Letters on the Elements of Botany addresses to a Lady. Translated into English with Notes, and Twenty-Four additional Letters. BOUND WITH: Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations, intended to Illustrated Linnaeus's System of Vegetables.

London, B White and son, 1791 - 88. London, B White and son, 1791-88. 2 works bound in 1 volume, in 8° (21,5 x 13,5 cm ), pp xxiii, [1, adverts], 503, [28], half title, 1 folding table; vi, 72 pp. Second work with 38 fine engraved and hand-coloured plates drawn and engraved by F.P. Nodder, folding table laid down and expertly repaired. Ed.: ed.. Vol.: 1 vol Finely bound in contemporary olive calf, sides with ornate gilt fillet borders, spine gilt decorated with flat raised bands and maroon label, lightly rubbed., Size: One or two plates slightly smudged, but a very good handsome copy.

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Book number: 130429

Martyn, Thomas.

Thirty-eight Plates with Explanations; Intended to Illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and Particularly Adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany.

London: Printed for J. White, Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, 1799. 0. Hardcover. Tall octavo. vi, 72, [ii] pages. Third edition. With final leaf of advertisements. Modern quarter brown calf over brown cloth. With 38 hand-colored engravings of plant structures and parts by Frederick Polydore Nodding. Nissen BBI, 1292; ESTC T081068; Henrey 1032. Ex-library copy. Good.

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Book number: 1654

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Science

Keywords: Botany Plants Color Plates

Martyn, Thomas.

Thirty-eight plates with explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables and particulary adapted tot the Lettters of the Elements of Botany.

Londonm, J.White, 1799. 72 pp. 38 col. plts. Leather.

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Book number: 285542

Keywords: Botany Botanie

MARTYN, Thomas

Thirty-Eight Plates with Explanations

MARTYN, Thomas. THIRTY-EIGHT PLATES WITH EXPLANATIONS intended to illustrate Linnaeus' System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany. London: B. White and Son, 1788. First edition. Octavo. vi, 72 pp. + XXXVIII ff. Published after requests by some readers for illustrations to Martyn's Letters on the Elements of Botany (1785, Pritzel 5927). The 38 copper plates, drawn and engraved by F. P. Nodder, are beautifully hand-colored. Martyn mentions Nodder in his Advertisement (pp.iii-iv), and gave him a place on the title-page of later editions (1799 and 1817). Thomas Martyn, like his father before him, was Professor of Botany at Cambridge, holding the position for 63 years. Light spot to Plate XXIII, otherwise internally fine, in very worn leather-backed boards with detached front cover. (Pritzel 5928; Nissen 1292). Ill.: Nodder, F.P.

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Book number: 87046

Catalogue: Botany & Pharmacology

Keywords: Medicine and Science

Martyn, Thomas

Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables

Printed for J. White 1799 vi, 72, 38 hand-col plates. . HB. 8vo, cont. calf, worn with some loss to edges and corners; rebacked, preserving orig. backstrip. Some foxing; plates with some light soiling, thumbed in places. Good.. … and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany [addressed to a Lady by the celebrated Jean Jacques Rousseau]. Third edition. Plates drawn and engraved by Fred. P. Nodder. In this copy the plates are hand-coloured (some copies have plates uncoloured). The plates mainly offer segments of corollas, but a few, show a touch of art. Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), professor of botany at the University of Cambridge, believed this volume of plates would bring an understanding of the Linnean system to a popular audience. Nissen BBI, 1292; Stafleu & Cowan, 5569; Hunt, 732..

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Book number: A47491

Catalogue: Botany,Botany

Keywords: Hand-coloured plates

ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques) - MARTYN (Thomas, notes de).

Letters on the Elements of botany addressed to a Lady by J. J. Rousseau and Twenty-four additional Letters fully explaining the system of Linnaeus.

London, printed for White, Cochrane et Co / ongman Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown / B. Crosby and Co / And Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1815. Un vol. au format in-8 (208 x 137 mm) de 1 f. bl. xx - 434 pp. et 2 ff. bl. Reliure de l'époque de plein maroquin glacé olive, large dentelle dorée, filets à froid et filets dentelés à froid encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de roulette dorée sur les plats, important décor fleuronné doré, filets dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin acajou, titre doré, tranches mouchetées, roulette dorée sur les plats, dentelle intérieure dorée. (Abergel). Exemplaire revêtu d'une délicate reliure signée Abergel au revers du premier contre-plat. Ensemble complet de ses 38 planches gravées signées Nodder ; chacune délicatement aquarellée à la main. Pritzel, Thesaurus Litteraturae Botanicae, 7824. Dos passé. Très légères altérations superficielles éparses affectant les plats. Inversion d'un cahier par le relieur. Papier légèrement oxydé. Présence de rousseurs éparses. Du reste, belle condition.

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Book number: 29392

Keywords: [Signed binding]

Thomas, Martyn

BARGELLO - Florentiner Stickerei.

Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg, 1977 ; Conditie: In zeer goede staat. Hardcover. Rijkelijk geïllustreerd.

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Book number: 217256952