Order Nr. 17438 CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850.

CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVING UPON COPPER 1727-1850.

(Engraving).
  • New York: The Grolier Club, 1908.
  • 12mo.
  • stiff paper wrappers, untrimmed and partially unopened
  • viii, 100 pages.

Price: $20.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 17438

Asaf Handlist 62. Describes 296 examples by 147 engravers. With biographical notes on each. Small tear along the base of the front joint, else a good copy.

The frontispiece is a figure in profile with the caption "Drawn and Engrav'd by Sam' Menin of Philadel.a." The front wrapper is printed with a copper-engraved title. This exhibit included works by Robert Aitken and William Strickland among others. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.