Anecdotes of painters . who have resided or been born in England; with critical remarks on their productions; by Edward Edwards, [...] Intended as a continuation to the Anecdotes of painting by the late Horace earl of Orford.
Edward Edwards (1812 - 1886)
Category
Books
Date
1808
Materials
Measurements
298 x 242 x 43 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3079688
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: hand-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bands Date of Binding: 19.2 Binder's Name: British End Leaves: tipped single fold of drab khaki-green Cobb paper made to a leaf of white wove paper to which is tipped a second leaf of the same Structure: English Edges: plain cut, marbled (stone pattern), polished Spine Lining: slight round, square joints, continuous blue paper lining (2 layers?) End Bands: worked L-R 4x4 in cream and green silk over a rolled paper core Bookmark: None Boards: 2.5mm rope fibre boards, back cornered, all slips laced in, perpendicularly Covering: brown tanned calf Tooling Spine: titled direct in gold in panels 2 and 4; panels 1, 3, 5 and 6 tooled in gold with concentric frames and leaf tools Tooling Sides: gold-tooled thin/thick border around broad border of gold-tooled alternating fleur-de lys and flower roll, with a narrower blind-tooled arabesque roll inside it; blind-tooled angled hatched roll on board edges and gold-tooled zig-zag roll on turrn-ins Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[2],viii,xxxix,327,[1]p., plates (1 col., 2 folding) . 4to.. Grangerised copy: 33 additional plates. manuscript inscriptions: (1) on front flyleaf: F; (2) on rear flyleaves: G; ya/a.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: John Bunn Clifton. (Franks 6109). manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: J. Hewlett.. Binding: Calf; blind and gilt rolled (flower/fleur de lis roll); leather on upper board torn; recessed cords; spine gilt; lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Edwards's Anecdotes of Royal Academicians illustrated with portraits and specimens'.
Makers and roles
Edward Edwards (1812 - 1886) Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)