Sculptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving
Subtitle: containing, I. The rise and progress of engraving. II. Of engraving in general. III. Of engraving, etching, and scraping on copper, as now practised. IV. An idea of a fine collection of prints. V. 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. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent Le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario pittorico, and other authors. With copper-plates
Contributors: Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676; Baldinucci, Filippo, 1625-1696; Le Comte, Florent, -1712; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
Edition: The fourth edition.
Publisher: Printed for J. Marks ...
Published: 1770
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Engraving; Mezzotint engraving; Engraving and Engravings; History
Notes: Anonymous compilation. Much of the text and all of the plates are derived from Abraham Bosse's De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin (nouv. éd., Paris, 1758). P.137-91 and 226-249 are expanded versions of an earlier translation of Pellegrino Orlandi's Abecedario pittorico (Bologna, 1719) i.e. Repertorium sculptile-typicum: or A complete collection and explanation of the several marks and cyphers by which the prints of the best engravers are distinguished (London, 1730)

ESTC t085554.

ESTC T85554.

Copy 1 Note: Binding: C20th green quarter morocco. With an early MS. bibliography of engraving (nine items) on front free endpapers