A chronological series of engravers from the invention of the art to the beginning of the present century.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
15/5341
Imprint
Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeaco,n Printer to the University. Printed for J. Woodyer in Cambridge; and sold by J. Beecroft in Paternoster-Row, T. Payne in Castle-street, T. Davis in Russel-street, Covent Garden, T. Cadell in the Strand, M. Hingeston without Temple-Bar, London; and D. Prince at Oxford, M.DCC.LXX.
Physical Description
[4], xii, 128 , [16] p., III fold. leaves of plates: illus.; 165 mm.
General Note
This work was published anonymousley but is attributed to Thomas Martyn (cf. Samuel Halkett, Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature, vol. I, p. 348 (1926-[1962])). The work is in two parts arranged chronologically and numbered continuously: numbers 1-639 list foreign engravers, the following 164 entries are of British engravers. The text is followed, in this copy, by three folded engraved plates of engravers' monograms and then the Index and a page of 'Mistakes and Omissions'.
References
ESTC, T153275
Reproductions
Also available as a microfilm: Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group. 2001. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 328. (the Eighteenth Century ; reel 11479, no. 06)
Also available as an electronic reproduction: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
The front pastedown carries an owner's label printed '·Ex·Libris·Howard·A·Levis·'.
The first flyleaf carries an owner's name in pencil, 'F. Short'. [Sir Frank Short, R.A.]
Binding Note
Three-quarter red leather binding with spine lettered in gilt, 'A / Chrono- / Logical / Series / Of / Engravers' and 'Cambridge / 1770'.
Subject
Engravers - Engravers ; Early works to 1800 - Engravers' marks