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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste

MDCCLII. [1753]

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The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste /, London : Printed by J. Reeves for the author and sold by him at his house in Leicester-Fields, MDCCLII. [1753], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.




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  • Creator

    Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

  • Title(s)

    The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste / by William Hogarth.

  • Published/Created

    London : Printed by J. Reeves for the author and sold by him at his house in Leicester-Fields, MDCCLII. [1753]

  • Physical Description

    xxii, [4], 153, [5] pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N70 .H7+ Copy 2 Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N70 .H7 Copy 1
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Engravings on linen by Hogarth.
    With a wood-engraved vignette on the title page.
    "Prints publish'd by W. Hogarth, and are to be had at his House in Leicester Fields."--[2] p. at end.
    For a discussion of the issues of the plates, see the edition of this book prepared by Joseph Burke (Oxford, 1955), the facsimile edition with an introduction by Richard Woodfield (London, 1974), and Ronald Paulson's Hogarth's graphic works. Rev. ed. (New Haven, 1970).
    Signatures: A-B⁴ a-b⁴ ¹B-U⁴ X². The single leaf following b4 may be X3 (X4 being blank?)--Cf. Stanley E. Read. Some observations on William Hogarth's Analysis of beauty, The Huntington Library quarterly, vol. V, 1941-42, p. 364.
    English short title catalogue, T2690
    With a final leaf containing "Figures referr'd to in the book.".
    BAC : British Art Center copy 1 has bound with it: Kirby, J.J. Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy. The 2d ed. Ipswich, l755.
    BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in half calf with marbled boards. The letterpress pages appear to be those of the original 1753 edition; the plates have been reengraved, with imprint "Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, 1810." Plates are mounted on linen.
    Extra-illustrated with the first state of the subscription ticket bound in as frontispiece. 22953013240008651
    Bound in mottled calf with gold fillet stamps, gilt edges. 22953013240008651
    With marble boards, three-quarters leather binding; red label with title in gilt-lettering. 22953013260008651
    An "Addenda et corrigenda" unrelated to this work., sewn in with last signature and stub for folded plate. 22953013260008651
  • Subject Terms

    Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800. |
    Art -- Theories -- Early works to 1800. |
    Beauty -- Early works to 1800. |
    Greenberg, Richard -- Ownership. |
    Paulson, Ronald, 1930–2024 -- Ownership. |
    Reeves, J. -- Printer.

  • Form/Genre

    Engravings -- 1753. | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) -- 18th century. | Wood engravings -- 1753.

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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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