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The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste / by William Hogarth.

Accession number
PML 130056
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
London : Printed by J. Reeves for the author ..., 1753.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First edition, first issue.
Originally issued without the two folding plates (these dated 1798, engraved by Thomas Cook from Hogarth's designs).
"Figures referr'd to in the book" inserted before the "Introduction"; otherwise this copy matches Rothschild.
Description
xxii, [4], 153, [3] p. : ill. (folded) ; 27 cm
Provenance
Formerly owned by Francis Hopkins, 1st baronet (bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Early tan calf, gold-tooled, with dentelles.
Classification
Department