Mr. Vernon's catalogue of prints
Subtitle: consisting of the works of the earliest and most celebrated masters of the Italian, French, German, Flemish, Dutch, and English schools : particularly of a very extensive and valuable collection of the works of Marc Antonio ... and other esteemed masters of the Italian school, also many of the choicest works of Rembrandt ... &c. : forming a collection of the arts from the earliest aera to the present time with references to Winckler ... &c.
By: Thos. Vernon.
Published: 1811
Language: eng
Subjects: Vernon, Thomas, -- Art collections -- Catalogs.; Prints, European -- Catalogs.; Prints -- Private collections -- England -- Catalogs.
Notes: Ms. in ink with penciled annotations on ruled paper.
"I began to form this collection ... in the sixtieth year of my age ..., made out this catalogue in three years with the assistance of my wife only. London, May 1st, 1813. Thos. Vernon"--Inscription in v. 1, leaf [1]
"Address" offering the collection for sale (v. 1, prelim. p. [3]) is by "the proprietor [unnamed] ... at No. 29 Suffolk Street Charing Cross, London."
Paper watermarked: Ruse & Turner, 1811.
Ownership stamp of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Bookplate of Howard C. Levis.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Early Italian Masters, namely Marc Antonio ... and others of the Italian school; title: v. 2. The works of the earliest German masters, Albert Durer and others of the German school; title: v. 3. The works of Lucas van Leyden, Rembrandt and others of the Dutch and Flemish schools; title: v. 4. French and English schools and private plates.