CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850

  • stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened
  • New York: The Grolier Club, 1908
New York: The Grolier Club, 1908. stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened. Engraving. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened. viii, 100 pages. Asaf Handlist 62. Describes 296 examples by 147 engravers. With biographical notes on each. Small tear along the base of the front joint, else a good copy.



The frontispiece is a figure in profile with the caption "Drawn and Engrav'd by Sam' Menin of Philadel.a." The front wrapper is printed with a copper-engraved title. This exhibit included works by Robert Aitken and William Strickland among others. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.

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Title

CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850

Binding

stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

The Grolier Club: New York

Date

1908


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