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Creator:
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Title(s):
The works of Jonathan Richardson. Containing I. The theory of painting. II. Essay on the art of criticism, (so far as it relates to painting). III. The science of a connoisseur.
Edition:
A new ed., corr., with the additions of An essay on the knowledge of prints, and Cautions to collectors. Ornamented with portraits by Worlidge, &c. ... The whole intended as a supplement to the Anecdotes of painters and engravers.
Published/Created:
[London] Sold by T. and J. Egerton [etc.] 1792.
Physical Description:
vi., [2], [5]-287 p. 12 ports. 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND1130 R53 1792b Copy 1
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ND1130 R53 1792b Copy 2
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of Cornelius Heathcote Rodes. Copy 2 is wanting the half-title. In copy 2, the plates are printed on paper which has been stained orange.
BAC : One portrait by D.P. Pariset, after P. Falconet; most other plates by Thos. Worlidge.
Re-issue of the spurious Strawberry Hill ed., 1792, with a cancel title-page and "Directions to the binder" added on p. [viii]. With spurious Strawberry Hill fleuron as title vignette.--Cf. A.T. Hazen. A bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press, 1942, p. 65, 83.
Half-title: Supplement to the Hon. Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of painters and engravers.
Subject Terms:
Engraving -- Early works to 1800.
Painting -- Early works to 1800.
Contributors:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Anecdotes of painting in England.
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