Catalogue Of The Works Of Art In The Possession Of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, At The Time Of His Decease; Together With Two Letters From Sir Balthazar Gerbier, And A Fac-Simile Of An Original Unpublished Letter From Himself. Second Edition, Enlarged.

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/64

Imprint

(Yarmouth): For Private Circulation., 1839.

Physical Description

[2], iv, 22 p., [1] fold. pl. (facsim.); 216 mm. (Quarto.)

Contents

[T.p.] - Prefatory Remarks - Letters From Sir Balthazar Gerbier (to Henry Murrey) - [Facsim. plate] - Catalogue. An Inventory ... - Appendix; [colophon].

Responsibility Note

Edited by and privately printed for Dawson Turner. The printer is named in the colophon: 'Sloman, Printer, King-Street, Yarmouth.'

Summary Note

The place of publication is not given on the title page, but the Prefatory Remarks are printed above the date, 'Yarmouth, 14th March, 1839.'

Provenance

The front free endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'To [illegible] Esq. from the Editor.' The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, 'S:A:H:', i.e. S. A. Hart, Librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.

Binding Note

19th-century quarter pink cloth, pink cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers decorated in blind, upper cover lettered 'Catalogue Of Rubens' Effects'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Artists - Painters - Paintings - Documents - Belgium - History - 17th century
Collections - Belgium - 17th century
Catalogues - Letters - Belgium - Great Britain - 17th century
Art history - Biography - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors