Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A collection of one hundred and twenty-nine fac-similes of scarce and curious prints : by the early masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish schools; illustrative of the history of engraving, from the invention of the art, by Maso Finiguerra, in the middle of the fifteenth century: with introduction remarks, and a catalogue of the plates / by William Young Ottley.

Accession number
PML 146016
Creator
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836.
Published
London : Published for the proprietor, and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green ..., 1828.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved half-title.
Illustrated with 129 individual engravings, printed on chine and mounted onto 85 leaves, with an extra set of the "niellos" printed in silver.
Prints protected by guard tissues.
The large paper issue.
Description
xxxvi, xxv p., [85] leaves of plates : ill. (engraving), ports. ; 38 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Luther Brewer and John Nolty; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 red morocco.
Classification
Book
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Department
Printed Books