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A biographical dictionary : containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time : and a short list of their most esteemed works : with the cyphers, monograms, and particular marks, used by each master, accurately copied from the originals, and properly explained : to which is prefixed, an essay on the rise and progress of the art of engraving, both on copper and on wood : with several curious specimens of the performances of the most ancient artists

by: Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802

Publication date: 1785

Topics: Engravers, Engravers' marks, Monograms, Artists' marks, Prints, Engravers -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800, Engravers -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Engravers' marks -- Early works to 1800, Monograms -- Early works to 1800, Artists' marks -- Early works to 1800, Prints -- History -- Early works to 1800

Publisher: London : Printed by J. Davis, for Robert Faulder, New Bond Street

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Illustrations: woodcuts are printed in color; some of the metal-cut plates are sepia tinted

Engraved frontispiece portrait of Adam and Eve (v. 2) is signed: "Raphael Santio da Urbino inv., Joseph Strutt sculp"; caption reads: "Done from a scarce print engraved by Marco Antonio Raimondi"; other engraved ports. signed: "Raphael inv., Strutt, sculp."

"Additions and corrections": v. 2, p. 455-458

"An essay on the art of engraving..."--P. 1-29 (v. 1); p. 1-17 (v. 2)

ESTC (RLIN)

Binding: bound as 1 v. in old calf; gilt spine; sprinkled edges; presentation inscription on title-page

2 v. : 27 cm. (4to)