Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper: With an Ample Enumeration of the Most Renowned Masters and Their Works.
Author:
EVELYN, JOHN
Title:
Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper: With an Ample Enumeration of the Most Renowned Masters and Their Works.
Publisher:
J. Payne 1755
Description:
SECOND EDITION, ONLY ONE PLATE PRESENT, OWNERSHIP OF A DESCENDANT OF THE AUTHOR! Sm octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt rule & raised bands, gilt rule to boards, red speckling to page edges, xxxvi + 140pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, moderate scuffing & bruising to boards, 4cm crack to lower front hinge, moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters throughout, ex-libris plate & prev. seller's sm label to front pastedown, heavy tanning & light foxing to edges of eps & prelims/terminals, age appropriate discolouration to pages throughout)
Keywords:
chalcography craft hobbies John Evelyn copper brass engraving masters history
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