Half-title: AQUATINT ENGRAVING ||
Title: AQUATINT ENGRAVING | A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY | OF BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY | S. T. PRIDEAUX | ILLUSTRATED BY AN ORIGINAL AQUATINT, TWO COLLOTYPE PLATES | AND NUMEROUS HALF-TONE PLATES | [Prideaux device] | LONDON | DUCKWORTH & CO. | 3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. ||
Pagination: ffl, [i, ii] – h.t. / blank, [2] – blank / frontis. w/guard, [iii, iv] – t.p. / coloph. "First Published, December 1909", [v, vi] – dedication "TO MY FATHER" / blank, vii-xv [xvi], [1] 2-434, bfl, + 24 pl. (incl. port).
Collation: [a]6 b8 A-Z8 2A-2C8 2D4
Binding: Original navy cloth, gilt-ruled and lettered front board, gilt lettering to spine, a blind device to back board; upper margin gilt, free margin untrimmed.
Author: Sarah Prideaux.
"Engravers and the books they illustrated": p. 388-405.
"Publications by Ackermann with aquatint plates": p. 374-378.
"Biographical notices of engravers whose names appear on the plates": p. 358-371.
"Books published before 1830 with aquatint plates": p. 325-357.
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Reference book |
| Country | England , Great Britain , UK |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Ackermann, Rudolph (British-German, 1764 – 1834) , Aquatint , Art , Artist , Catalogue raisonné , Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de (Spanish, 1746 – 1828) , Illustration of books , Repton, Humphry (British, 1752 – 1818) , Sandby, Paul (British, 1731 – 1809) |
| Media/Technique | Paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1909 |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Size | 24.6 x 16.5 x 5.7 cm , 8vo |
| Signature | Bookplate , Seller's sticker |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
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