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001 $ 05/3630
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Walpole, Horace
245 1 0 $a Anecdotes Of Painting in England. By Horace Walpole. Reprint Of The Edition Of 1786.
260 # # $a London: $b Alexander Murray, 30, Queen Square, W.C. $c 1871.
300 # # $a viii, 532 p.; $c 187 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t., t.p.] - Contents; Notes By Lowndes As To This Work - Brief Memoir Of The Author - [Text] - Index Of The Names Of Artists.
508 # # $a The printer is named on the title-page verso: 'Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.'
520 2 # $a Walpole had already published his catalogue of his father's collection of paintings when he acquired George Vertue's notes in 1758, which he edited, supplemented and began to print on his own press in 1762. The Anecdotes remain a useful source-compendium for the history of art in Britain.
563 # # $a 19th-century red cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers decorated in-blind and blind-stamped 'Murray's Reprint'; spine lettered, 'Anecdotes Of Painting. Walpole.' and 'London Alex. Murray & Son'.
653 # # $a Painters, British - Painters, European - Artists - Painting - Portraits - Great Britain - History
655 # 4 $a Art history - Biography - Anecdotes - Reference books - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century
700 1 # $a Vertue, George
700 1 # $a Murray $e publisher
710 2 # $a Alexander Murray $e publisher
710 2 # $a Butler & Tanner $e printer