A biographical dictionary
Subtitle: containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time : and a short list of their most esteemed works : with the cyphers, monograms, and particular marks, used by each master, accurately copied from the originals, and properly explained : to which is prefixed, an essay on the rise and progress of the art of engraving, both on copper and on wood : with several curious specimens of the performances of the most ancient artists
By: by Joseph Strutt
Contributors: Faulder, Robert, 1747 or 8-1815; Raphael, 1483-1520; Raimondi, Marcantonio, ca. 1480-ca. 1534
Publisher: Printed by J. Davis, for Robert Faulder, New Bond Street
Published: 1785
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Monograms; Artists' marks; Dictionaries; Prints; Early works to 1800; Engravers' marks; Engravers; Biography; History
Notes: Illustrations: woodcuts are printed in color; some of the metal-cut plates are sepia tinted.

Engraved frontispiece portrait of Adam and Eve (v. 2) is signed: "Raphael Santio da Urbino inv., Joseph Strutt sculp"; caption reads: "Done from a scarce print engraved by Marco Antonio Raimondi"; other engraved ports. signed: "Raphael inv., Strutt, sculp."

"Additions and corrections": v. 2, p. 455-458.

"An essay on the art of engraving..."--P. 1-29 (v. 1); p. 1-17 (v. 2).

ESTC (RLIN) T102847

Binding: bound as 1 v. in old calf; gilt spine; sprinkled edges; presentation inscription on title-page.