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Lectures on the art of engraving, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, by John Landseer, Engraver to the King, and F.S.A.
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LANDSEER,, John (1769--1852)
Lectures on the art of engraving, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, by John Landseer, Engraver to the King, and F.S.A.
London:, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,, 1807.
[2], xxxviii, [2], 341, [3] p., 21.3 cm. (8º)
The final 2 pages are Landseer's announcement of the works on which he was currently engaged. The Royal Institution had invited Landseer to give a series of lectures on engraving in 1806, but dismissed him after his critical remarks on John Boydell; in response, Landseer published the lectures in the following year, with a lengthy introduction.
Copy Notes With an inserted letter from the author to Soane presenting him with a copy of the Lectures.
Binding C19th quarter calf, gilt double-rule spine, green spine-label, marbled-paper boards and marbled edges. Bound by E. Hutchinson on 19 June 1830 for 1s. 8d. (Spiers Box, binding 51).
Reference Number 2584
Additional Names Hutchinson, Edwin; Royal Institution of Great Britain
Lectures on the art of engraving, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, by John Landseer, Engraver to the King, and F.S.A.
London:, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,, 1807.
[2], xxxviii, [2], 341, [3] p., 21.3 cm. (8º)
The final 2 pages are Landseer's announcement of the works on which he was currently engaged. The Royal Institution had invited Landseer to give a series of lectures on engraving in 1806, but dismissed him after his critical remarks on John Boydell; in response, Landseer published the lectures in the following year, with a lengthy introduction.
Copy Notes With an inserted letter from the author to Soane presenting him with a copy of the Lectures.
Binding C19th quarter calf, gilt double-rule spine, green spine-label, marbled-paper boards and marbled edges. Bound by E. Hutchinson on 19 June 1830 for 1s. 8d. (Spiers Box, binding 51).
Reference Number 2584
Additional Names Hutchinson, Edwin; Royal Institution of Great Britain