2 vols.; [Vol. I:] 224 mm. (Octavo). [Vol. II:] 458 mm.
General Note
Vol.I: 262 p. - Vol. II: 16 [i.e.18] pl. There are ter pl. VIII. Most pl. carry several images, and pl. I-VIIIB also carry image numbers 1-124.
Contents
Vol. I: [T.p.] - Discorso Preliminare - [Text] - Appendice - Indice Generale - Indice Delle Materie Contenute In Questo Volume. - Vol. II: [Plates].
Responsibility Note
No plate is signed.
References
D. Landau and P. Parshall, The Renaissance print (1994); R. Leaf, Etching, engraving and other intaglio printmaking techniques (1984); M. Melot et al., Prints: history of an art (1981); A. Hind, A short history of engraving and etching (rev., 1963).
Summary Note
No title page or title plate is suppled with Vol. II, but its cover is stamped with the title variant, 'Memorie Spettanti Alla Calcografia Del Cicognara'.
The text is presented under the following heads: Pt.1: Dell'origine, composizione e decomposizione dei nielli; Descrizione dei Nielli posseduti dall'Autore [describes plates I-VIIIB]. - Pt.2: Delle carte da giuoco. - Pt.3: Della litografia, e della siderografia; Appendice.
Most plates in Volume II carry no captions (pl. I-VIIIB and XIII); the rest are captioned in Italian.
Provenance
3 November 1838: 'Produced the following ... viz: A History of Engraving by Cicognara, with plates, price 14/- ...' (RA Council Minutes, VIII, 438).
Binding Note
[Vol.I:] 19th-century moiré cloth-covered boards; 20th-century half calf, black morocco spine-label lettered 'Memorie Spettanti Alla Calcografia Del Cicognara'.
[Vol. II:] 19th-century moiré cloth-covered boards, upper cover stamped, 'Memorie Spettanti Alla Calcografia Del Cicognara'; 20th-century half calf, spine lettered 'R.A.', retaining much of earlier black morocco spine-label lettered 'Calcografia [D]el Cicognara'.
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