Catalogue 123: Reference Books!
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James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire.
Tim Clayton.
New Haven & London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2022.
4to (300 x 250mm, 11¾ x 9¾"), printed boards and illus. d/w; pp. viii + 400, profusely illustrated. New.
A
superb study of James Gillray (1756-1815), the leading satirist of his
times. Tim Clayton has written several books on prints, including 'The
English Print, 1688-1802' (1997) and 'Bonaparte and the British: prints
and propaganda in the age of Napoleon', the catalogue of an exhibition
at the British Museum (2015).
[Ref: 59895] £60.00
We are pleased to presentCatalogue 123!
A special listing of over 300 reference books.
It features the following subject matters:
Art
Artist Biography
Baxter
Books on Books
Collections and Auctions
Engravers
Etchings and Lithographs C19th-20th
European Etchings
General Reference
Maps & Plans
Mezzotints & Monographs
Military
Naval & Marine
Old Master Prints
Paintings
Portrait Engravings
Portrait General
Satire
Sporting Reference
Topography
Turner
View the whole catalogue here!
A few highlights:
Print Quarterly Ltd, 1984-2008.
100 issues, soft covers, 245 x 190 (9¾ x 7½"), approx 80 pages per issue, profusely illustrated with half-tones; each volume (four issues) in green cloth gilt slipcase.
A vast collection of articles relating to prints.
[Ref: 59770] £650.00
Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Frederic George Stephens. Mary Dorothy George.
Printed by Order of the Trustee. 1870-1954. [Vol. IV reprinted in 1978.]
Eleven 8vo volumes, original cloth gilt. Made up set from different sources. Distressed binding and damaged cover in some volumes.
British Museum Catalogue. The twelve-volume catalogue is the primary reference work for the study of British satirical prints of the 18th and 19th century. The first five volume of the catalogue were compiled by Frederic George Stephens (1827-1907), with the assistance of Edward Hawkins, while the last seven volumes were compiled by Mary Dorothy George (1878–1971). Valuable asset for any serious collector of satire.
[Ref: 59950] £1,800.00
The Engravings of Charles and George Hunt 1820-1880 Racing, Coaching, Hunting, Landscapes & Caricatures.
John Hickman.
Unicorn Press, 2017.
A comprehensive catalogue raisonné of the works of Charles and George Hunt with over 500 colour illustrations.
[Ref: 44464] £60.00
A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers, 1714–1820.
David Alexander.
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Distributed by Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 2021.
Small 4to, hard covers and illustrated s/w; pp. xii+ 1047.
The first reference work to cover all engravers working on copper in Britain and Ireland 1714-1820. Shortlisted for the 2022 William Berger Prize for British Art History.
[Ref: 59954] £75.00
