Hardcover volume, 25.3 x 19.3 cm, green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, pictorial dust jacket, pp.: [1 blank] [i-viii] ix-xxiii [xxiv blank] [2] 3-297 [298 blank] [8 blanks], 26 plates, unpaginated. MS inscription in black ink to ffl “David Tatham 1969”.
Title-page: The World of | HOGARTH | Lichtenberg's Commentaries | on Hogarth's Engravings | TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN | AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | INNES AND GUSTAV HERDAN | HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON | The Riverside Press Cambridge | 1966 ||
Illustrations: A Harlot's Progress; Marriage-à-la-Mode; Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn; A Midnight Modern Conversation or The Bacchanalians; A Rake's Progress; The Four Times of the Day: Morning, Noon, Evening, Night.
Edition: First printing w; Printed in the United States of America.
Provenance (possibly): David Tatham (American, 1932 – 2023)
Contributors:
George Christoph Lichtenberg (German, 1743 – 1799)
Innes Herdan (British, 1911 – ?)
Gustav Herdan (German, 1897 – 1968)
William Hogarth (British, 1697 – 1764)
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Language | English |
| Country | USA |
| Subject | Art , Artist , British art , Great Britain , Hogarth, William (British, 1697 – 1764) |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1966 |
| Binding | Cloth , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |