The analysis of beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste. By William Hogarth.
William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764)
Category
Books
Date
1753
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3217799
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxii, [2], 153, [5] p., II leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to. Worm hole in gutter margin from front endpapers through to sig. B4. Wanting plates. Leaf containing "Figures referr'd to in the book" is bound-in between p. 12 (sig. C2) and 13 (sig. C3). Provenance: manuscript former shelfmarks in pencil on front pastedown: "Q6" (crossed-out) and "Q5". Manuscript former shelfmark in ink on rear pastedown: "C.5.". Binding: eighteenth-century half-bound tan calf with blue paper over boards; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764), author