The National Art Library catalogue attributes the work to a different William Smith.
The printer's name is repeated in the colophon.
The work is dedicated by the author to William Hookham Carpenter, Keeper of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
References
A. Griffiths, ed., Landmarks in print collecting: connoisseurs and donors at the British Museum since 1753 [exhibition catalogue] (1996), 90-100.
Summary Note
The catalogue lists 198 items. The page of supplementary text expands the notes on nos. 52, 72.
Provenance
Acquired in 1864. A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'The Library Royal Academy, From the Author. - 20 Upper Southwick Street, London, W 22nd. July 1864.'
Binding Note
19th-century green cloth-covered boards, upper cover lettered 'Catalogue Of The Works Of Cornelius Visscher'; spine unlettered.