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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1994
ISBN 10: 0077074793ISBN 13: 9780077074791
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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1978
ISBN 10: 007084500XISBN 13: 9780070845008
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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1994
ISBN 10: 0077078292ISBN 13: 9780077078294
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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006
ISBN 10: 0077114701ISBN 13: 9780077114701
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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. 01/03/2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0077098307ISBN 13: 9780077098308
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Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1994
ISBN 10: 0077078020ISBN 13: 9780077078027
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Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003
ISBN 10: 0077104234ISBN 13: 9780077104238
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Paperback. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
Verlag: Campus, 1994
Anbieter: manufactura, Leverkusen, NRW, Deutschland
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Pappe. Zustand: neuwertig. EA. Sauberes Buch In deutscher Sprache. 247 pages.
Verlag: HACHETTE LIVRE, 2013
ISBN 10: 2011890462ISBN 13: 9782011890467
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1359705236ISBN 13: 9781359705235
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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, London, 1793
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Engraving of Shakespeare's Winter's Tales, Act V, Scene III; after a painting by W. Hamilton, R.A., Engraved by Rob Thew; published 1793 by John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, London; image measures 17 in x 23.5 in, paper measures 22.5 in x 29.5 in, unframed, top margin trimmed to edge of plate impression, water staining at left and bottom edges minimally affecting lower inner margin within the plate impression, 6" thin line of glue stain and faint streaking in center of image (see attached close up), light age toning to paper, otherwise Very Good John Boydell (1720 - 1804) was an English publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated an English tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered. Boydell apprenticed himself to William Henry Toms, an artist he admired, and learned engraving. He established his own business in 1746 and published his first book of engravings around the same time. Boydell did not think much of his own artistic efforts and eventually started buying the works of others, becoming a print dealer as well as an artist. He became a successful importer of French prints during the 1750s but was frustrated by their refusal to trade prints in kind. To spark reciprocal trade, he commissioned William Wollett's spectacular engraving of Richard Wilson's The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, which revolutionised the print trade. Ten years later, largely as a result of Boydell's initiative, the trade imbalance had shifted, and he was named a fellow of the Royal Society for his efforts. In the 1790s, Boydell began a large Shakespeare venture that included the establishment of a Shakespeare Gallery, the publication of an illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays, and the release of a folio of prints depicting scenes from Shakespeare's works. Some of the most illustrious painters of the day contributed, such as Benjamin West and Henry Fuseli. Throughout his life, Boydell dedicated time to civic projects: he donated art to government institutions and ran for public office. In 1790 he became Lord Mayor of London. The French Revolutionary Wars led to a cessation in Continental trade at the end of the 1790s. Without this business, Boydell's firm declined and he was almost bankrupt at his death in 1804. 1375190. Arts & Antiques.
Verlag: John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, London, 1796
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Engraving by J. Ogborne depicting Shakespeare's Henry VI, Act II, Scene IV after the painting by John Boydell. Published 1793 by John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, London. Image measures 17 in x 23.25 in. Paper measures 22.5 in x 29.5 in. Condition of image is very good despite two thin scratches (see enclosed close ups) and a few barely visible pin point nicks; glue stains in outer margin beyond plate impression not affecting image or inner margin; paper age toned. John Boydell (1720 - 1804) was an English painter who became a publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated an English tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered. Boydell apprenticed himself to William Henry Toms, an artist he admired, and learned engraving. He established his own business in 1746 and published his first book of engravings around the same time. Boydell did not think much of his own artistic efforts and eventually started buying the works of others, becoming a print dealer as well as an artist. He became a successful importer of French prints during the 1750s but was frustrated by their refusal to trade prints in kind. To spark reciprocal trade, he commissioned William Wollett's spectacular engraving of Richard Wilson's The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, which revolutionised the print trade. Ten years later, largely as a result of Boydell's initiative, the trade imbalance had shifted, and he was named a fellow of the Royal Society for his efforts. In the 1790s, Boydell began a large Shakespeare venture that included the establishment of a Shakespeare Gallery, the publication of an illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays, and the release of a folio of prints depicting scenes from Shakespeare's works. Some of the most illustrious painters of the day contributed, such as Benjamin West and Henry Fuseli. Throughout his life, Boydell dedicated time to civic projects: he donated art to government institutions and ran for public office. In 1790 he became Lord Mayor of London. The French Revolutionary Wars led to a cessation in Continental trade at the end of the 1790s. Without this business, Boydell's firm declined and he was almost bankrupt at his death in 1804. 1375210. Arts & Antiques.
Verlag: John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, London, 1793
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Engraving by William Sharp depicting Shakespeare's King Lear Act III, Scene IV after the painting by Benjamin West. Publish in 1793 by John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, London. Image measures 17 in x 23.25 in. Paper measures 22.5 in x 29.5 in In spite of being heavily foxed throughout the paper, the foxing is only minimally visible in the image, hence Very Good John Boydell (1720 - 1804) was an English publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated an English tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered. Boydell apprenticed himself to William Henry Toms, an artist he admired, and learned engraving. He established his own business in 1746 and published his first book of engravings around the same time. Boydell did not think much of his own artistic efforts and eventually started buying the works of others, becoming a print dealer as well as an artist. He became a successful importer of French prints during the 1750s but was frustrated by their refusal to trade prints in kind. To spark reciprocal trade, he commissioned William Wollett's spectacular engraving of Richard Wilson's The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, which revolutionised the print trade. Ten years later, largely as a result of Boydell's initiative, the trade imbalance had shifted, and he was named a fellow of the Royal Society for his efforts. In the 1790s, Boydell began a large Shakespeare venture that included the establishment of a Shakespeare Gallery, the publication of an illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays, and the release of a folio of prints depicting scenes from Shakespeare's works. Some of the most illustrious painters of the day contributed, such as Benjamin West and Henry Fuseli. Throughout his life, Boydell dedicated time to civic projects: he donated art to government institutions and ran for public office. In 1790 he became Lord Mayor of London. The French Revolutionary Wars led to a cessation in Continental trade at the end of the 1790s. Without this business, Boydell's firm declined and he was almost bankrupt at his death in 1804. 1375211. Arts & Antiques.
Verlag: 1753, 1753
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
A beautiful engraving, crisp and clear, of Stock's Market, once one of London's liveliest markets, showing an abundance of street life - market traders, street sellers, carriages, dogs. Title along lower edge. Stocks Market was cleared for the building of Mansion House and moved to Farringdon Street Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Excellent condition. Mounted size 67 x 54cm Size: 45 x 32 cm. (17½ x 12½ inches).
Erscheinungsdatum: 1752
Anbieter: Pictura Prints, Art & Books, Overasselt, Niederlande
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'THE CHYMIST.'Original antique master print showing a bearded alchemist squints closely at his experiment as he tends a small fire with a pair of hand-bellows. Beside him, his young assistant looks on. This busy and productive workroom also houses a pair of assistants who work with mortar and pestle at a table to the rear of the room. Glass distillation vessels, flasks, and books lie scattered on the floor, and a print has been pinned against the far wall, close to a suspended taxidermied fish specimen hung above.Made by after an anonymous artist.Medium: Etching / engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 43 x 34.5 cm (16.93 x 13.58 inch). Image size: 35 x 25 cm. (13.78 x 9.84 inch).ALCHEMIST-WORKSHOP-SCIENCE-THE CHYMIST | DPO-A2-003-45BACKGROUND INFORMATIONSource: unknown, to be determined.Biography engraver: John Boydell (1720-1804) was an English publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. Condition: good, given age. Some damp staining but mainly visble on verso. Some minor crinkles bottom left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Verlag: Published according to Act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside. Price erased, 1770
Anbieter: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Original hand coloured engraving (26 x 42 cm.), on laid paper, drawn and engraved by Boydell. Particularly vivid and attractive contemporary hand-colouring, despite some signs of oxidisation to the sky. Very crisp and clean. Original engraving done by Boydell in 1752 before he turned from engraver to publisher having given up on his own artistic talents in about 1767. Issued by him in his "Collection of Views." in 1770, the plate here with serial number and price erased.
Verlag: The Learning Company Project
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks 2, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: VeryGood. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Frankfurt/Main ; New York : Campus-Verl., 1994
ISBN 10: 3593351382ISBN 13: 9783593351384
Anbieter: books4less (Versandantiquariat Petra Gros GmbH & Co. KG), Welling, Deutschland
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gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Gut. 247 S. : graph. Darst. ; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 510.
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Verlag: The Learning Company Project, 1994
ISBN 10: 1899517006ISBN 13: 9781899517008
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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paperback. Zustand: Good. Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Letter sticker and mark of a former sticker on lower part of spine.
Anbieter: Celler Versandantiquariat, Eicklingen, Deutschland
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
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Boydell, London, 1770. Plattenmaß: ca. 60 x 49 cm, hinter Glas, im goldfarbenen Holzrahmen (ca. 63,7 x 53,7 cm), (gering fleckig)---Verlag: Boydell Verlag: Boydell 2725 Gramm.
Verlag: London: Bell, 1835., 1835
Anbieter: Antiquariat von Matt, Stans, Schweiz
Zustand: 0. 4°. 4 S. Mit 92 Kupfertafeln biblischer Szenen. Sprache: Englisch Hlwd. d.Zt., stärker berieben, Rücken angeplatzt, teilw. stockfl., 1 Taf. lose.
Verlag: Berkshire The McGraw-Hill Companies third Edition, 2000
Anbieter: Altstadt Antiquariat Rapperswil, Rapperswil, Schweiz
Gr.8°, 265 S., OBrosch. Sehr guter Zustand. 600 Gramm.
View on the city of Oxford.Titled below: 'An East Prospect of the City of Oxford / Vue de la Ville d'Oxford du Cote de l'Orient.' Further inscribed below: 'Published According to act of parliament by John Boydell engraver at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street Cheapside London 1751. Price 1 s.'Signed on the bottom right corner: 'Jn. Boydell Del. et Sculp.' Etching and engraving on paper, trimmed within plate mark: 249 x 422 mm; formerly mounted on cardboard; a small tear on the left margin, somewhat yellowing paper, otherwise in fine condition.
Verlag: John & Josiah Boydell, 1803
Anbieter: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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No Binding. Zustand: Fine. Three hand-coloured engravings by Simon, Osborne and Facius after Peter, Smirke and Wheatley Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), a collection of prints from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare by the artists of Great Britain. London: John & Josiah Boydell 1803 34 ½ x 28 ¾ in.(87.5 x 73 cm.) overall.
Verlag: London. Boydell. 1811., 1811
Anbieter: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Folio 19x14 inches, leather bound in half period morocco, worn. Title, viii, 94 pages - ILLUSTRATED WITH A FINE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by F. Bartolozzi after Zuccheri and 27 FINE MEZZOTINT PORTRAITS by Smith and Earlom after Van Dyck, Lely, Kneller, Riley and others. Complete as listed. Some spotting to the title and elsewhere but mostly marginal and minor. A fine mezzotint panoply of characters from the STUART dynasty including contemporary nobles, artists. Particularly fine portraits of James I, William Drummond, Charles I, Inigo Jones, Charles II and his wife and 2 of his mistresses, 17th century noble families and theologians (the two horizontal prints trimmed at the title), plus Sir Peter Lely, Sir John Perceval, James II and many others. A scarce book of mezzotint portraits. BOYDELL, JOHN (1720-1804) was a British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated a British tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1790.
Verlag: John Boydell, London, 1784
Anbieter: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
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This representation of the relief of Gibraltar on the 11th Oct. 1782 (by the gallant & able Manoevres of the British Fleet against a superior fleet of the enemy) for which important service done their country they received the thanks of both houses of Parliament. Is humbly inscribed by their most humble servant., Image Size : 450x645 (mm), 17.72x25.39 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 560x725 (mm), 22.05x28.54 (Inches), Hand Colored, Copper Engraving Very Good, the plate is mounted on stiff publisher's paper and backed by acid free tissue paper for long term preservation.
Verlag: John Boydell, London, 1784
Anbieter: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
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Important and scarce pair of British Naval prints. This representation of the brave and gallant defence of Gibraltar, against the united force of Spain and France, on the 14th Sept. 1782 for which important service done their country they received the thanks of both houses of Parliament. Is humbly inscribed by their most humble servant.From 1779 to 1782 Gibraltar sustained a siege at the hands of a combined French and Spanish force. In the course of the siege the garrison under General Elliot , afterwards Lord Heathfield, was several times reinforced and victualled by British fleets which ran the gauntlet of the blockade. In September 1782, the allies contemplated a grand attack on the fortress before it could be again relieved, and a great force of vessels was mustered in Algeciras Bay. A violent gale of wind which sprung up on the 10th drove some of the fleet from their moorings; one vessel, the San Miguel, being forced under the batteries of Gibraltar, where she had to surrender. On September 13 the intended attack was made. The Spanish floating batteries, from which so much had been expected, were all set on fire and destroyed by Sir Roger Curtis, and the remaining ships of the combined fleet returned to Algeciras., Image Size : 450x650 (mm), 17.72x25.59 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 560x730 (mm), 22.05x28.74 (Inches), Black & White, Copper Engraving Very Good, plates are mounted on stiff publisher's paper and backed by acid free tissue paper for long term preservation.
Anbieter: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, Australien
No. 90, Cheapside, and at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; preceded by an account of various works, sets of prints, galleries, &c. forming part of the same stock. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1803.Quarto, contemporary blind-tooled red half-roan over marbled boards (edges rubbed), rebacked in crushed morocco with gilt rule, gilt-lettered morocco title to upper board; pp. xxix, [1], 60, presentation inscription from Boydell & Co. to front free-endpaper; a few manuscript corrections in ink, some later pencilled marginalia (in Swedish); a fine copy. [TOGETHER WITH]Just published by Boydell and Co.,a 16-page publisher's catalogue dated London, April 1812, printed by Bulmer on blue paper, tipped on to the front free-endpaper, a few pencil annotations by the same later Swedish collector. The original prospectus - in both the separately issued and bound formats - for Webber's Views in the South Seas, the only contemporarypublication with colour plates from Cook's voyages. This is the first alphabetically arranged advertisement catalogue of the stock of printsellers and engravers John and Josiah Boydell.John Boydell (1720-1804) founded his business in 1751, with the initial intention to supply the commercial demand for foreign prints. Through rapid expansion, the firm came to prominence in the late 1760s, with Boydell emerging as the foremost employer of engravers in late eighteenth-century London. He continued to list himself as an importer of prints up to the early 1760s, but by 1770 he was exporting to the Continent, marking the maturation of the British school and the end of the dominance of the French market. Although Boydell's print production was predominantly comprised of landscapes and reproductions of old masters, his most significant contribution to British art can be considered the patriotic Shakespeare Gallery project conceived in 1786. The gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 paintings by 18 artists on show - 20,000 people visited, 6600 catalogues were sold, and 100 subscribers were found for Boydell's proposed series of engravings, which had been the initial motivation for the endeavour. Boydell employed more than forty different engravers to produce the gallery prints, which would remain a prominent part of his stock throughout the firm's operation alongside the backbone of his empire A Collection Of Prints Engraved After The Most Capital Paintings In England (1769-72); the descriptions for the latest editions of both dominate the present catalogue. Despite the Boydells' meteoric early success, a series of poor commercial decisions and rising expenses led to financial hardship: by November 1803 the firm was about £40,000 in debt. A high-risk decision was made to conduct a lottery to raise money by disposing of the Shakespeare Gallery and its contents. This ultimately raised £78,000, though John Boydell died before it could be drawn. After his death, Boydell's nephew and business partner, Josiah Boydell (1752-1817), continued the business at their Cheapside premises, but in 1818 the firm was sold by Jane Boydell, and the assets purchased by Hurst, Robinson, and Co. John Webber RA (1751-1793) served as official artist on Cook's third voyage to the Pacific aboard HMS Resolution in 1776-1780. Between 1 August 1788 and 1 August 1792, he published twenty separately issued views from the voyage, which were sold without any accompanying descriptive text, Sixteen of these are listed in the 1803 Boydell catalogue at the price of 10 shillings and sixpence each. Notably, the prints are listed as coloured, with what are often considered the more readily available sepia prints not listed for sale at all. The title reads: 'The following 16 beautifully coloured prints, in imitation of Mr. Webber's original drawings, are printed on a paper uniform with the volume of prints to Captain Cook's last voyage, which they are calculated to illustrate'. In 1809, many years after the artist's death, the publisher Boydell reissued the plates in folio format, with the title-page bearing the date of 1808, and the views accompanied by descriptive text quoting the official account of the third voyage, probably written by James Burney (Hill). The book was sold by Boydell and their successors Hurst and Robinson up into the 1820s, the expensive plates being struck in batches to order, a fact which explains why most copies bear later watermarks. The published format is listed in the 1812 catalogue as follows: 'Sixteen views in the SOUTH SEAS, in imitation of and after drawings by, the late James Webber, in possession of the Board of Admiralty, with descriptions; the same size as those engraved for Cook's last voyage, to which they are intended as a continuation. I vol. boards, price 8l. 8s.' (The attribution to James rather than John Webber is an error by the publisher). The 1803 catalogue is rare, the 1812 catalogue even rarer still. Together they provide a fascinating insight into the complex publication history of a great Cook rarity.
Anbieter: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, USA
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London: Mess. Boydell & Co., London, Cheapside, [1803]. Large 4to (12.75 x 16.75 inches), [7] ff., + engraved title page, frontispiece, 2 portraits and 97 plates illustrating the most-famous scenes from Shakespeare. In the de luxe binding of publisher's straight-grain red morocco gilt, gilt-extra backstrip, gilt design on both covers. Hinges repaired, rubbing at extremities. Some foxing almost exclusively confined to the margins, a bit heavier at front and rear of volume. Bookplate of E.H. R. Noble of South Shields at the front. § First edition, large-paper copy. The very rare duplicate plate by Blake for Romeo and Juliet is present and exceptionally clean ? it is Blake's only plate in the collection. As the preeminent printmaker of his time, John Boydell's publishing house employed many of the best engravers of their generation including Bartolozzi, Stothard, Schiavonetti and Blake. Although Boydell ran this large-scale printmaking and publishing house for nearly 80 years, "his most significant contribution to British art can be considered the patriotic Shakespeare Gallery project conceived in 1786. Boydell employed more than forty different engravers for the large-format and quarto versions of the gallery's prints. A number of high-profile engravers? were employed on a handful of the plates, being paid exceptionally high rates" (DNB). Essick, CBI, XLII. Bentley, BB, p. 616.
Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by Boydell on half title page. Stamped on inside. ISBN 0077078020. (business).