Landmarks in print collecting : connoisseurs and donors at the British Museum since 1753 / edited by Antony Griffiths

London : Published by the British Museum Press and the Parnassus Foundation in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 304 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Huntington Art Collections ; The Baltimore Museum of Art ; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. ""Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: 31 March-16 June 1996, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas ; 12 July-29 September 1996, Huntington Art Collections, San Marino, California ; 16 October 1996-5 January 1997, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland ; 25 January-6 April 1997, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnepolis, Minnesota"" -- T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Published in association with: Parnassus Foundation and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Contents; Introduction : the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum and the history of print collecting / Antony Griffiths -- Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) / Antony Griffiths -- The Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-99) / Antony Griffiths -- John Sheepshanks (1787-1863) and his Dutch and Flemish etchings / Martin Royalton-Kisch -- William Smith (1808-76) and the rise of interest in early engraving / Antony Griffiths -- Felix Slade (1790-1868) / Antony Griffiths -- William Second Baron Cheylesmore (1843-1902) and the taste for mezzotints / Sheila O'Connell -- William Mitchell (1820-1908) and John Malcolm of Poltalloch (1805-93) / Stephen Coppel -- George Salting (1835-1909) / Stephen Coppel -- Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) / Frances Carey -- Curatorial collecting in the twentieth century / Frances Carey. Subjects; Sloane, Hans Sir (1660-1753). Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730-1799). Sheepshanks, John (1787-1863). Smith, William (1808-1876). Slade, Felix (1790-1868). Cheylesmore, William Meriton Eaton Baron (1843-1902). Mitchell, William (1820-1908). Malcolm, John (1805-1893). Salting, George (1835-1909). Dodgson, Campbell (1867-1948). British Museum ; Exhibitions. British Museum. British museum (Londres) Catalogues d'exposition. British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings Exhibitions. British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings. Prints Collectors and collecting ; Exhibitions. Prints England London ; Exhibitions. Prints Collectors and collecting. Prints Collectors and collecting Great Britain Exhibitions. Prints Great Britain Exhibitions. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.