Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue;

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BEIN 1987 243: Without the "Additional lives." Bookplate of Frederick Whiley Hilles. Autograph of John Spottiswoode.
BEIN 1998 1254: Imperfect: wanting v. 3-4; Hans Holbein plate wanting from v. 1. Without the "Additional lives." Without "Catalogue of engravers." Bookplate of Frederick Whiley Hilles.
BEIN 2002 513: Binding variant: "Catalogue of engravers" bound before t.p. in v. 5.
Vols. 1 and 2 printed by Thomas Farmer; vol. 4 printed by Thomas Kirgate.
The advertisement at the beginning of v. 4 is dated October 1. 1780.
Title vignettes.
"Additional lives" in vols. 2-3.
A continuation was issued as "A catalogue of engravers" 1763.
English short title catalogue, T71274
British Art Center copy 1 bound by Edwards of Halifax (i.e. James Edwards) in gilt-tooled vellum, with a large oval monochrome portrait in the center of each cover, painted in watercolor on the underside of the vellum and framed by a repeated gilt tool. The portraits on the covers -- all based upon engraved portraits within the published work are: v. 1, upper: Holbein -- v. 1, lower: Isaac Oliver -- v. 2 upper: Van Dyck -- v. 2, lower: Rubens -- v. 3, upper: Lely -- v. 3, lower: Kneller -- v. 4, upper: Hogarth -- v. 4, lower: Worlidge -- v. 5, upper: Evelyn -- v. 5, lower: Vertue.