Monthly Archives: September 2013
The Bellerophon after J.M.W. Turner, c.1836
The Bellerophon after J.M.W. Turner, c.1836 A wonderful engraving, from an unidentified book, engraved by E.Goodall, Published by A&C. Black, Edinburgh, c.1836… The TATE Gallery in London has an almost identical print, which seems to be a vignette version… The engraving in the TATE is from Walter Scott’s Prose Works, published by Cadell, Edinburgh 1834-36. […]
Abraham Swan Designs c.1750
Abraham Swan Designs c.1750 from an unknown directory printed in England, the plate engraved by E. Rooker. The designs are for shelves, in a Rococo / Late Baroque style. Abraham Swan was an English carpenter / architect, whose design books were reprinted in America, and were among the first pattern books printed in the States.
The Ambulator; or, A pocket companion for the tour of London and its environs – 1811
The Ambulator; or, A pocket companion for the tour of London and its environs, within the circuit of twenty-five miles: descriptive of the objects most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, taste, local beauty, and antiquity, illustrated by anecdotes, historical and biographical and embellished with fourteen elegant engravings and a correct map. Eleventh Edition, Published 1811 by […]
Thomas BANKES’s New System of Geography c.1775
Copper engraving from Thomas Bankes’s “New System of Geography” published by Royal Authority c.1775 Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, and Alexander Cook’s A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography (hereafter Thomas Bankes’s). A massive folio volume of 990 double-columned pages, this was a popular work, running to six editions in the years from […]
A NEW AND COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES – 1754 – JEFFERYS
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts & Sciences – Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge – by a Society of Gentlemen – c.1754 – Copper Plates Engraved by Mr Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty – Printed for W. Owen at Homer’s Head, in Fleet Street… Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719–1771), “Geographer to King George III”, […]
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