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EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sculptura: Or the History, and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper to which is annexed A new manner of Engraving, or Mezzo Tinto, communicated by his Highness Prince Rupert to the Author of this Treatise. London: J.C. for G. Beedle, T. Collins and J. Crook, 1662.
8o (168 x 106 mm). Engraved frontispiece by A. Hertochs after Evelyn, engraving on p. 121, folding mezzotint by Prince Rupert of the Rhine. (Scattered spotting and browning, offsetting on title from frontispiece.) Contemporary paneled calf gilt, smooth spine gilt (recased). Provenance: Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919; bookplate); Library of Congress (bookplate, duplicate stamp); Leonard B. Schlosser (acquired via Marlborough Rare Books from his sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 June 1992, lot 456).
THE FAIRFAX MURRAY COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK TO DESCRIBE THE MEZZOTINT PROCESS, and containing the first mezzotint published in England. It was through John Evelyn and his Sculptura that the mezzotint process came to be highly regarded as a technique for the graphic arts in England. Although Evelyn credits the invention of the process to Prince Rupert, the latter learned it on the continent from Ludwig von Siegen. Settling in England with the Stuart restoration, Rupert (also the Duke of Cumberland) shared his knowledge of the new technique with Evelyn. Complete copies with the mezzotint are rare. Keynes, Evelyn 33; Wing E-3513.
8o (168 x 106 mm). Engraved frontispiece by A. Hertochs after Evelyn, engraving on p. 121, folding mezzotint by Prince Rupert of the Rhine. (Scattered spotting and browning, offsetting on title from frontispiece.) Contemporary paneled calf gilt, smooth spine gilt (recased). Provenance: Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919; bookplate); Library of Congress (bookplate, duplicate stamp); Leonard B. Schlosser (acquired via Marlborough Rare Books from his sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 June 1992, lot 456).
THE FAIRFAX MURRAY COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK TO DESCRIBE THE MEZZOTINT PROCESS, and containing the first mezzotint published in England. It was through John Evelyn and his Sculptura that the mezzotint process came to be highly regarded as a technique for the graphic arts in England. Although Evelyn credits the invention of the process to Prince Rupert, the latter learned it on the continent from Ludwig von Siegen. Settling in England with the Stuart restoration, Rupert (also the Duke of Cumberland) shared his knowledge of the new technique with Evelyn. Complete copies with the mezzotint are rare. Keynes, Evelyn 33; Wing E-3513.