The printer is named on the half-title verso and in the colophon: 'J. Moyes, Printer, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London.'
The work is dedicated to the Prince Regent (afterwards King George IV).
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'The Library of The Royal Academy - from The Author.' A slip of paper is loosely inserted, inscribed in pencil, 'ack'd CM V, 170 (15 July 1814)'.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, red cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine, green morocco spine-label lettered 'Epochs Of The Arts', 'R.A.' and '1813'.
Subject
Art - Arts - Design - Patronage - Sponsorship - Art commissions - Art and state - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Essays - Great Britain - 19th century