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[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.,

47.50 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
[Martyn (Thomas)]
Publishers
Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon, 1770.
Keyword
ENGRAVING ENGRAVERS

Description

First edition, 12mo, [4], xii, 128, [16]pp., LACKING the 3 folding plates of engraversí 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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