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Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists ; and incidental notes on other arts / collected by the late Mr. George Vertue ; and now digested and published from his original mss.

Accession number
PML 127236-40
Creator
Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
Published
London : Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1992.
Notes
Vol. 4 has title: Anecdotes of painting in England ... To which is added the History of the modern taste in gardening ... The 2d ed., with additions.
Vol. 5 has title: A catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England ; digested by the Honourable Horace Walpole ; from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue ; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter.
Description
5 v. ; 19 cm
Provenance
From the library of Horace Walpole (bookplate, first state).
Binding
Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled.
Classification
Department