Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Sculptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving ... Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent le Compte [!] Fairthorne [!] the Abecedario pittorico, and other authors. With copper-plates.
Edition:
The 4th ed.
Published / Created:
London, J. Marks, 1770.
Physical Description:
xi, 264 p. 10 plates. 19 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The first edition was published with title: Repertorium sculptile-typicum.
Contents:
The rise and progress of engraving.--Of engraving in general.--Of engraving, etching, and scraping on copper, as not practised.--An idea of a fine collection of prints.--The Repertorium; or, A collection of various marks and cyphers, with additions. To which is now added, A chronological and historical series of the painters from the eleventh century.
Subject Terms:
Engraving. | Engraving -- Early works to 1800.