B14546
Shelfmark
Cm.3.19 - Cm.3.20
Author
Walpole, Horace
Title
Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by ... George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. by Mr. Horace Walpole. Vol. I [- fourth and last].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Twickenham] :, Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill,, 1762-1763.
Physical description
4v, plates :, port. ;, 4to.
Note
Vols. I-II only; wants Vols. III-IV (published in 1763).
Note
Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.
Note
Advertisement in vol 4 is dated: October 1, 1780.
Note
Vol.3 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed in the year 1763".
Note
Vol.4 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1771", and is numbered "Volume the fourth and last".
Note
A continuation was issued as 'A catalogue of engravers', 1763.
Note
Wants many plates; all plates removed from text (Cm.3.19, 2v. in 1), but some to be found in box at Cm.3.20, including a few from Vols. III-IV.
Note
Box at Cm.3.20 also includes engravings collected to extra-illustrate the work.
Citation/references note
Walpole, 14; Hazen. Strawberry Hill, 10; ESTC T71274
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2005. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 424. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 14836, no. 01).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Given to Eton by A.M. Storer?
Binding
20th century half gold-tooled calf and marbled paper.
Subject
Painters, Early works to 1800, England.
Subject
Artists, Early works to 1800, England.
Added entry--name
Vertue, George
Added entry--name
Farmer, Thomas, printer.
Added entry--place
England, London.
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