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A biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers : from the revival of the art under Cimabue, and the alledged discovery of engraving by Finiguerra, to the present time : with the ciphers, monograms, and marks, used by each engraver, and an ample list of their principal works, together with two indexes, alphabetical and chronological, to which is prefixed, an introduction, containing a brief account of the painters of antiquity / by Michael Bryan.

Accession number
PML 10828-45
Creator
Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821.
Published
London : Printed for Carpenter and Son ; J. Booker ; and Whittingham and Arliss, 1816.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Notes
Includes indexes.
PML copy is extra-illustrated, expanded to 18 volumes, with special title page.
Description
2 volumes (expanded to 18) : illustrations (woodcuts, engravings), 1 portrait ; 29 cm
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Sotheran, 1905.
Binding
Red, hard-grained morocco.
Classification
Department