A catalogue and Description of the whole of the works of the celebrated jacques callot; consisting of 1450 pieces, including those attributed to him, and after him...
London.
Printed by J. Barfield, 1804.
First edition.
12mo.
xx, 51, [1], 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, a trifle marked. Later bookplate of Bristol-based painter William Edkins to FEP, recent bookplate of Winifred M. Oliver-Jones to REP.
The first edition, 'translated from the manuscript of a French amateur', of a register of the complete artistic output of Baroque printmaker and draftsman Jacques Callot (c. 1592- 1635); intended 'for the use of those what would make a select collection of his work'.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 31031
