Lot 130
Earlom (Richard, engraver) A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, John & Josiah Boydell, 1789
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Earlom (Richard, engraver) A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, stipple engraved portrait frontispiece and title, 49 aquatint or stipple engraved plates, occasional faint marginal spotting, occasional faint marginal water-staining, new endpapers, modern antique style half-calf, morocco label to upper cover, richly gilt spine, [Abbey Life 199], folio, John & Josiah Boydell, 1789.
⁂ "The first book in England in which aquatint is to be found as a method of rendering wash drawings, with plate in imitation of ink and chalk drawings." (Abbey)
Description
Earlom (Richard, engraver) A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, stipple engraved portrait frontispiece and title, 49 aquatint or stipple engraved plates, occasional faint marginal spotting, occasional faint marginal water-staining, new endpapers, modern antique style half-calf, morocco label to upper cover, richly gilt spine, [Abbey Life 199], folio, John & Josiah Boydell, 1789.
⁂ "The first book in England in which aquatint is to be found as a method of rendering wash drawings, with plate in imitation of ink and chalk drawings." (Abbey)