Lot 79
WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY (1771-1836)
Lot 79 Details
WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY (1771-1836), British
AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF ENGRAVING, UPON COPPER AND IN WOOD WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ENGRAVERS AND THEIR WORKS, FROM THE INVENTION OF CHALCOGRAPHY BY MASO FINIGUERRA, TO THE TIME OF MARK ANTONIO RAIMONDI BY WILLIAM YOUNG OTTLEY, F.S.A., LONDON, VOLS. 1&2, 1ST EDITIONS, 1816,
Illustrated with numerous engravings, wood engravings, woodcuts and with a few facsimiles, some full-page, some on folded sheets, with vignettes and tailpieces including plates by Dürer from the original blocks, separated with tissue guards. Printed by J. M’Creery, Black-Horse-Court, London. Published by John and Arthur Arch, London. Thick small folio, contemporary diced calf with Ex-Libris coat-of-arms of The Right Honble. Charles Lindley Viscount Halifax, 1887 affixed to the inside front cover of each volume.
Each 8.9 x 8.8 in — 22.5 x 22.4 cm
Estimate $200-$400
Provenance:
Ex-Libris “The Right Hon. Charles Lindley Viscount Halifax, 1887 bookplate affixed to each inside cover;
Private Collection, Toronto
Note:
The inside cover of Volume I marked “complete” in pencil by a previous owner. One print may be missing. Each volume not collated.