Chalcographimania; Or, The Portrait-Collector And Printseller's Chronicle, With Infatuations of every description. - A Humorous Poem. In Four Books. With Copious Notes Explanatory. - By Satiricus Sculptor, Esq. - [Epigraphs] -
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/2054
Imprint
London:: Printed For R.S. Kirby, London-House-Yard, Pater-Noster-Row. -, 1814.
Physical Description
x, [4], 212 p., frontis.; 222 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - A List Of Portraits, Already Engraved, To Accommodate Those Gentlemen Who Wish To Illustrate The Present Volume Of Chalcographimania - [Publisher's advertisement] - Errata - [Text] - Index To Names Mentioned - General Index Of Contents; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The cataloguer of the British Library suggests that the author, 'Satiricus Sculptor', was William Henry Ireland (1775-1835), assisted by Thomas Coram and perhaps by James Caulfield. In his dedication to James Bindley the author writes, 'An intimacy of many years standing, and the data of our births not being very far removed, prompts me to select you ...'.
The frontispiece is unsigned. It carries the publisher's imprint of 'R.S. Kirby 11 London House Yard St. Paul's' and the date (December 1 1813).
The text printer is named on the verso of the title page and in the colophon: 'J.G. Barnard, Skinner-street, London.'
The work is dedicated by the Author to James Bindley.
References
D. Alexander, 'Printmakers and printsellers in England 1770-1830', in The painted word, ed. E. Cannon-Brooks (1991); J. Gage, 'An early exhibition and the politics of British printmaking 1800-1812', in Print Quarterly, 6 (1989), p.123-39; S. De Ricci, English collectors of books and manuscripts (1930); W.Y. Fletcher, English book collectors (1902).
Summary Note
The frontispiece shows a jester wearing cap and bells.