Sculptura Historico-Technica: or, The History And Art Of Engraving. Containing, I. The Rise and Progress of Engraving. II. Of Engraving in general. III. Of Engraving,Etching, and Scraping on Copper, as now practised. IV. An Idea of a Fine Collection of Prints. V. The Repertorium; or, A Collection of various Marks and Cyphers, with Additions. To which is now added, A Chronological and Historical Series of the Painters from the Eleventh Century. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario Pittorico, and other Authors. With Copper-Plates. The Third Edition.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/2457
Variant Title
History And Art Of Engraving
Imprint
London:: Printed for J. Marks, in St. Martin's lane., M DCC LXVI.
Physical Description
xi, [i], 264 p., 10 pl.: figs.; 176 mm. (Duodecimo.)
Contents
[T.p.] - The Preface - The Contents - [Text, with pl.].
Responsibility Note
Much of the text is derived from P.A. Orlandi's Abecedario Pittorico (Bologna, 1719) and A. Bosse's De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin (nouv. éd., Paris, 1758).
No plate is signed; all derive from Bosse's De la manière de graver.
References
ESTC, T148066
Summary Note
This is an expansion of Repertorium sculptile-typicum (1730).
Reproductions
An electronic reproduction was published in 2003 (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm version was published in 1986 (Woodbridge CT: Research Publications).
Provenance
Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Binding Note
20th-century half calf, grey cloth-covered boards; red morocco spine-label lettered 'History And Art Of Engraving'; spine lettered 'R.A. 1766'.
Subject
Engraving - Techniques - Engravers, European - Painters, European - Engravers' marks - History
Manuals - Art history - Great Britain - 18th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century