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WALPOLE, Horace (1717-97). Anecdotes of Painting in England; with some Account of the Principal Artists, London: Shakespeare Press, 1828. 5 volumes, large 8° (248 x 155mm). 5 engraved frontispieces and 75 portraits on india paper, 85 woodcut illustrations (some spotting to plates and margins of text). Very finely-bound by James Toovey in 19th-century scarlet morocco gilt, covers with triple gilt fillet borders, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges. Fifth edition, including the Catalogue of Engravers in volume V. Hazen Strawberry Hill Press p.66; Lowndes V, p.282a.
See front cover illustration and Plate II. (5)
See front cover illustration and Plate II. (5)
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