Skip to content

A CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS, WHO HAVE BEEN BORN, OR RESIDE IN ENGLAND by VERTUE, GEORGE - 1763

by VERTUE, GEORGE

Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
A CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS, WHO HAVE BEEN BORN, OR RESIDE IN ENGLAND by VERTUE, GEORGE - 1763

A CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS, WHO HAVE BEEN BORN, OR RESIDE IN ENGLAND

by VERTUE, GEORGE

  • Used
  • first
[Twickenham]: Strawberry Hill, 1763. FIRST EDITION. (222 x 173 mm) 8 3/4 x 6 3/4" 2 p.l., 128, 14, 20 pp., [4] leaves (index), lacking final leaf of advertisements, found in some copies.
Inoffensive modern half brown morocco over cloth boards, raised bands flanked by gilt rules, with decorative garland and star tools or lettering in each compartment. With nine plates depicting portraits of engravers. Includes the "Direction to the Binder" before the title page. Extremities a bit rubbed but otherwise a perfectly sound binding, some occasional light scattered foxing with slightly heavier foxing on the last few pages and in the margins of one plate, a touch of offsetting from plates, a flat crease to the corner of two leaves, but overall a very pleasing copy without any major defects.

This charming work focuses on the type of artist most frequently encountered by bibliophiles: the engraver. Each of the nine plates contains one or more portraits of well-known engravers of the 16th-18th centuries, including William Faithorne, Robert White, and even the diarist John Evelyn who, although not a professional artist, "loved, promoted, [and] patronized" the art. The text contains brief entries describing the artists' life and work, and is based on the manuscripts of George Vertue (1684-1756), himself a prominent engraver, whose notebooks were purchased after his death by Horace Walpole. The "Direction to the Binder" note suggests that this work was intended as a companion or supplement to Walpole's "Anecdotes of Painting in England," which were also based on Vertue's notes and printed at Strawberry Hill..

We have 5 copies available starting at $54.92.

No image available

A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England; Digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the MSS. of Mr. George Vertue; To which is added an Account of the Life and Works of the latter

by [WALPOLE (Horace) & VERTUE (George)]

  • Used
Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$54.92

Show Details

Description:
London: Printed for J. Dodsley. 1786. Second edition, [4],306,[6]pp., cont. calf, rubbed, covers detached.
Item Price
$54.92
Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental...
More Photos

Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on other Arts. Also, A Catalogue of Engravers who have been born or resided in England

by George Vertue; Horace Walpole; Ralph N. Wornum

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Very Good Indeed
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$319.28$287.35
Save $25.00!

Show Details

Description:
London: Henry G. Bohn , 1862. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A lovely set complete in three volumes concerning English art, in sumptuous uniform full calf Bickers & Son bindings. Three volumes in uniform full calf bindings signed Bickers and Son, containing a history of English painting and notes on other arts including architecture, sculpture, and engraving among other. Including a catalogue of English engravers and accounts of the major artists born in the country.Collected by George Vertue and digested and published from his original manuscript by Horace Walpole, with additions by James Dallaway. A new edition, revised with additional notes by Ralph N. Wornum.  Featuring a preface by Horace Walpole. With a number of leaves of advertisement, no half titles as issued. Pagination is continuous.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, as well as seventy eighty plates and numerous wood engravings in text. Collated, complete. in uniform full calf bindings signed… Read More
Item Price
$319.28$287.35
Save $25.00 !
No image available

A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England; Digested by Mr. Horace Walpole From the MSS. Of Mr. George Vertue.

by WALPOLE, Horace (1717-1797); VERTUE, George (1684-1756, engraver)

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
New York, New York, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$375.00

Show Details

Description:
[Twickenham]: Strawberry Hill, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (223 x 176mm). [4], 128pp., 14pp., 20pp., [10]. Including An Account of the Life and Works and List of Vertueís Works (paginated separately), with an index and a final advertisement leaf. Nine engraved portrait plates of important engravers: [1] Hoefnagle, [2] Robert Van Voerst, [3] William Faithorne, [4] Prince Rupert, [5] John Evelyn, [6] Warner Valliant, Vandrebanc, Francis Place, William Lodge, [7] Robert White, P. Vansomer, Isaac Becket, John Start, William Elder [8] Hamlet Winstanley, Dorigny, [9] George Vertue. Four plates carry the names of source-artists: V. Dyck, William Faithorne, Dobson, Richardson. All carry the names of their engravers: A. Bannerman or T. Chambars. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, compartments stamped in gilt with morocco lettering label, (lightlt toned, light marginal stains to title and prelims.; cover with few gouges, some wear). First Edition. Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of… Read More
Item Price
$375.00
[Original Cloth] Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of the Principal Artists;...
More Photos

[Original Cloth] Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts.; Also, A Catalogue of Engravers Who Have Been Born or Resided in England. In Three Volumes

by WALPOLE, Horace (1717-1797); Vertue, George (1684-1756); Dallaway, James (1763-1834); Wornum, Ralph N. (1812-1877)

  • Used
  • Fine
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition thus
ISBN 13
5352479514720
ISBN 10
535247951472x
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$665.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1849. First Edition thus. Original Cloth. Fine. First Printing of the Dallaway and Wornum edition, a "New Edition, Revised, with Additional Notes," complete in three volume in original cloth. Demy 8vo (220 x 135mm): xxxii,351,[1]; [5],352-479,514-720; [4],721-1007,[2],[Appendix & Index]482-510,[36]pp, with three tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits and 77 further full-page plates, plus 89 wood engravings. Pagination irregular, but text continuous throughout. Original publisher's brown cloth, covers elaborately stamped in blind, spines lettered and numbered in gilt, pale yellow end papers. A few leaves roughly opened, but a truly spectacular set in publisher's original bindings with bright gilt; largely unopened, tightly bound, pages and plates virtually pristine. Hazen (Strawberry Hill), p. 66. Lowndes V, p. 2820. Originally published in 1762, this revised edition, based on an edition issued between 1826 and 1828 ("with considerable additions")… Read More
Item Price
$665.00
No image available

Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the Principal Artists, and Incidental Notes on Other Arts: Volumes 1, 2, 3 [with] A Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born, or Resided in England... (Bound into Two Books)

by Walpole, Horace and George Vertue

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good (Boards are heavily worn/scuffed/smudged; covers are very loose; ribbon bookmarks are frayed and worn; spine strips are chi
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$1,250.00

Show Details

Description:
England: Strawberry-Hill, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (Boards are heavily worn/scuffed/smudged; covers are very loose; ribbon bookmarks are frayed and worn; spine strips are chipped and scuffed at both ends; inner hinges are cracked; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; bookplate of former owner ifc of volume 1; interior is clean, but toned and lightly foxed and smudged in places; marginalia is present in places; textblocks appear solid.). Contemporary brown leather binding with mounted red and black title and volume cards on the spines, with gilt lettering and illustration; marbled endpapers; black cloth bookmark; two books, the first with the heraldic bookplate of Thos. Patten of Bank, Esq. the second volume showing the remains of said bookplate. Book 1:Frontis, tp, (iii-XII), Contents of the First Volume, pp. 1- 168, [14 pp. Appendix followed by 6 pp. Indexes, and 1 pp. Errata]. Contents of second volume, Vol. 2: TP, pp. 1-158, [51 pp. Appendix, followed by 6 pp. of Indexes and 1… Read More
Item Price
$1,250.00