A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, from the Revival of the Art under Cimabue, and the Alledged Discovery of Engraving by Finiguerra, to the present time ... (2 vols.)
Hardcover
1816 · London
by Bryan, Michael
London: Carpenter and Son, 1816. Hardcover. F (A candidate for rebinding, though the marbling is exquisite; both spines are gone and held by black library tape; all binding edges are worn, moderate foxing appears on opening pages, interior pages are crisp and clean. A reading copy.). 2 vols. Three-quarters marbled boards with brown leather spines, gilt letters and decoration on spines, marbled flyleaves and page edges, 1530 pp. total, 1 BW plate as frontispiece. 4 plates at end; set weighs 14 lbs. A two-volume set of this classic biographical artist dictionary. Updated at various times afterward. (Inventory #: 147109)