A Collection Of Fac-Similes Of Scarce And Curious Prints, By The Early Masters Of The Italian, German, And Flemish Schools; Illustrative Of the History Of Engraving, From The Invention Of The Art, By Maso Finiguerra, In The Middle Of The Fifteenth Century, To The End Of The Century, To The End Of The Century Following. With Introductory Remarks, And Catalogue Of The Plates
London: For the Proprietor and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1828. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 39 x 28 cm. 128 mounted India proofs, 13 are in two states, one state printed in silver, Niellos [so called by Ottley]. Ottley, an avid art collector and early British historian of Italian painting assembled this essentially for a select group of friends. BIGMORE & WYMAN. Vol. II, p.98 citing the later, 1828 edition. GORDON RAY 24. "The increasing vogue of engraved illustrations after 1790 was accompanied by a revival of interest in early prints......Perhaps the most accomplished of the latter is this book, one of several by Ottley, which offered in two forms: with 100 plates and 129 plates (1828 edition)." Wide text margins, interior contents very clean and fresh including plates, binding firm and tight. Later three quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Fine. Item #22889
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