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003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Ottley
245 1 3 $a An Inquiry Into The Origin And Early History Of Engraving, Upon Copper and in Wood, With An Account Of Engravers And Their Works, From The Invention Of Chalcography By Maso Finiguerra, To The Time Of Marc' Antonio Raimondi. - By William Young Ottley, F.S.A. - Vol. I. (II.) -
260 # # $a London: $b Printed For John And Arthur Arch, 61, Cornhill, By J. McCreery, Black-Horse-Court. - $c 1816.
300 # # $a 2 vols.; $c 272 mm. (Quarto.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: xxii, 478 [i.e. 479], [1] p., [9] pl.: illus. (There is a bis p.478.) - Vol. II: [6], [479-]836; [13] pl.: illus. (Plates in the two volumes carry no numbers but are numbered 1-22 in the 'Directions' of Vol. I.)
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - Directions For Placing Those Cuts Which Are Not Inserted In The Letter-Press - Table Of The Contents Of Volume The First - [Text]; [colophon]. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - Table Of The Contents Of Volume The Second - [Text] - Index; [colophon] - Errata [slip].
508 # # $a In Volume II one plate is signed as engraved by Swaine; four are captioned as impressions 'from the Original Block engraved by Albert Durer'; one is captioned as engraved by Bromley Junr. A few in-text illustrations are signed as engraved by J. Swaine.

The printer's name is repeated in the colophons.

The work is dedicated by the Author to George John Earl Spencer.
520 2 # $a The plates show prints by Maso Finiguerra, Pollaiuolo, Mantegna, Martin Schongauer, Dürer, Julio Campagnola and Marc' Antonio Raimondi.
563 # # $a 20th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spines lettered 'History Of Engraving Ottley - I (II)', 'R.A.' and '1816'.
653 # # $a Engraving - Engravers - Europe - Italy - History - 15th century - 16th century
655 # 0 $a Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a McCreery $e printer
700 1 # $a Spencer $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Durer $e source artist $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Swaine $e engraver
710 2 # $a John And Arthur Arch (London) $e publisher