The gentleman's and connoisseur's dictionary of painters. . Containing a complete collection, and account, of the most distinguished artists, who have flourished in the art of painting, ... To which are added, two catalogues; ... By the Rev. M. Pilkington, ...
Matthew Pilkington (1701-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Measurements
282 x 228 x 58 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3039384
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: Handmade wove, watermarked 1797 Ink/Pigment: black printing in Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bands Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: English. Ticket of C. Hering, 10 St Martin Street, London End Leaves: single-fold of marbled paper with three leaves of white wove (watermark 1797) Structure: 5 recessed cords Edges: plain-cut, marbled (same pattern as flyleaves) and polished Spine Lining: n/k End Bands: 3-colour double endbands, paper-roll cores Bookmark: Pale green silk, glued to spine under under headband Boards: rope-fibre board Covering: red-brown russia calf with original irregular dicing just visible under later regular dicing Tooling Spine: simple tooling in gold of fillets and rolls on spine (with small tool in each panel) Tooling Sides: board edges and turn-ins. titled direct Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
xii,316p, p319-438,449-840,i-xxiii,[1]p . 4to.. Contemporary leather (sheep), gold tooling on spine, blind diapered pattern on boards, marbled edges. Old shelf marks Z.2.7, Z.2.5. Pink paper label stuck to corner of flyleaf: " Bound by C.Hering, No. 10 St. Martin Street, London.". Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley.
Makers and roles
Matthew Pilkington (1701-1784) James Barry, RA (Cork 1741 – London 1806)