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An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving : upon copper and in wood, with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi / by William Young Ottley.

Accession number
PML 79641-42
Creator
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836.
Published
London : Printed for John and Arthur Arch ... by J. M'Creery, 1816.
Credit line
Purchased on the Henry S. Morgan Antiquarian Reference Fund, 1987.
Notes
Includes index.
Plates include four from original woodblocks by Albrecht Dürer : The last supper, Christ brought before Pilate, Christ taken down from the Cross, The Ascension.
Twenty-two leaves of plates, one folded, one included in pagination.
Description
2 v. (836 p., [22] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 29 cm (4to)
Provenance
Bookplate of Charles of Tennant.
Binding
Calf.
Classification
Department