THE WORKS OF JONATHAN RICHARDSON...

RICHARDSON, Jonathan. (STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS) RICHARDSON, Jonathan. THE WORKS OF JONATHAN RICHARDSON. Strawberry Hill: T. and J. Egerton, and others, 1792. 4to. Contemporary vellum spine, marbled boards. (ii), 287 pages, 12 plates. First edition. This is an unsophisticated, uncut copy of original Strawberry Hill edition of this famous work, a great influence on the classical school of painting in England, specifically William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Richardson's works were popular in early America, and were in the library of Thomas Jefferson. A forgery of this edition was also published in 1792, identified by plates, portraits of old masters, on tinted pink paper and the omission of the binder's instruction for the plates. With a few pencil notations throughout. A very scarce book, rare in original boards, which are heavily rubbed. (Inventory #: 26040)