The print collector : an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints.
Published / Created:
London : Saunders and Otley, 1844.
Physical Description:
viii, 211 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNE880 .M2 1844Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations by Samuel Williams and E.M.; after William Boxall and E.M.The first American edition of this title, published in 1885, with an expanded text gives Joseph Maberly as author.From t.p.: "Containing suggestions as to the mode of commencing collector, the selection of specimens, the prices and case of prints. Also notices of the masks of proprietorship used by collectors, remarks on ancient and modern practice of the art and a catalogue raisonné of books of engravings and prints."Printed by T.C. Savill, 107, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross."Catalogue raisonné of books treating exclusively on prints and engraving" : p. 183-204.
Subject Terms:
Crawhall, Joseph, b. 1821 -- Autograph. | Crawhill, Joseph, b. 1821 -- Bookplate. | Saunders and Otley -- Publisher. | Savill, T. C. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Collectors and collecting. | Engraving -- Bibliography. | Artists' marks. | Seymour, George Dudley, 1859–1945 -- Bookplate.