Principles of beauty, relative to the human head.
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
Category
Books
Date
1778
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141879
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],15,[5],15,[1]p.; *2,17,17 leaves of plates . ill.. . fol.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 1st state- bold text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half leather binding; marbled paper over boards; six raised bands; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Cozens's principles of beauty".
Makers and roles
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815)