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STRUTT, Joseph (1749-1802). [A set of his works]. London: 1775-1799.
A handsomely bound set of five works by Strutt, English engraver, artist, antiquary, and writer, the 'most important single figure in the investigation of the costume of the past' (Roy Strong). The ODNB describes Strutt's A Complete View of the Dresses and Habits of the People of England as 'the first detailed, illustrated, and properly sourced history of dress in England.'
5 works in 10 volumes, quarto (288 x 225mm), comprising: A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England. London: J. Nichols, for J. Edwards, 1796-1799. 2 volumes, 153 hand-coloured engraved plates (occasional light spotting to plates). Brunet V, 566; Colas 2824; Vinet 2191; – Horda Angel-Cynnan; or a Compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &. of the Inhabitants of England. London: Benjamin White, 1775-1776. 3 volumes, errata slip bound in vol. III. 158 engraved plates printed in sepia (7 plates in vol. I trimmed just into image, a little light scattered spotting in vol. II affecting pl. XXVIII, faint browning to a couple of text leaves). Brunet V, 565; Colas 2821; Vinet 2190; – The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England... A New Edition. London: Benjamin and John White, 1793. 72 engraved plates printed in sepia. The second edition, the first published with the 12 supplementary plates. Brunet V, 566; Colas 2823 (1843 ed.); Vinet 2189; – A Biographical Dictionary ... of all the Engravers from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time. London: 1785-1786. 2 volumes. 20 engraved plates printed in bistre, excepting 4 pls printed in black, and 2 hand-coloured (leaf 2D1 in vol. I with a few expert minor repairs affecting a couple of letters). Brunet V, 566-7; – The Chronicle of England. London: Joseph Cooper for Walter Shropshire, 1777-1778. 2 volumes. Vol. I with first issue preface dated 1777, and with printed overslip on title noting alteration in the plates, errata leaf at end of vol. I, 4pp. 'Plan' for the work bound in at end of vol. I, 42 engraved plates (expert marginal repairs to 2X3 in vol. I just into page numbers, light browning to a number of plates in vol. II. Brunet V, 565-6. Uniform red morocco by Clarke and Bedford, covers with wide gilt borders, gilt spines and turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges (extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Earl of Cromer (armorial bookplates) – Gloucester (bookplates).
A handsomely bound set of five works by Strutt, English engraver, artist, antiquary, and writer, the 'most important single figure in the investigation of the costume of the past' (Roy Strong). The ODNB describes Strutt's A Complete View of the Dresses and Habits of the People of England as 'the first detailed, illustrated, and properly sourced history of dress in England.'
5 works in 10 volumes, quarto (288 x 225mm), comprising: A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England. London: J. Nichols, for J. Edwards, 1796-1799. 2 volumes, 153 hand-coloured engraved plates (occasional light spotting to plates). Brunet V, 566; Colas 2824; Vinet 2191; – Horda Angel-Cynnan; or a Compleat View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &. of the Inhabitants of England. London: Benjamin White, 1775-1776. 3 volumes, errata slip bound in vol. III. 158 engraved plates printed in sepia (7 plates in vol. I trimmed just into image, a little light scattered spotting in vol. II affecting pl. XXVIII, faint browning to a couple of text leaves). Brunet V, 565; Colas 2821; Vinet 2190; – The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England... A New Edition. London: Benjamin and John White, 1793. 72 engraved plates printed in sepia. The second edition, the first published with the 12 supplementary plates. Brunet V, 566; Colas 2823 (1843 ed.); Vinet 2189; – A Biographical Dictionary ... of all the Engravers from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time. London: 1785-1786. 2 volumes. 20 engraved plates printed in bistre, excepting 4 pls printed in black, and 2 hand-coloured (leaf 2D1 in vol. I with a few expert minor repairs affecting a couple of letters). Brunet V, 566-7; – The Chronicle of England. London: Joseph Cooper for Walter Shropshire, 1777-1778. 2 volumes. Vol. I with first issue preface dated 1777, and with printed overslip on title noting alteration in the plates, errata leaf at end of vol. I, 4pp. 'Plan' for the work bound in at end of vol. I, 42 engraved plates (expert marginal repairs to 2X3 in vol. I just into page numbers, light browning to a number of plates in vol. II. Brunet V, 565-6. Uniform red morocco by Clarke and Bedford, covers with wide gilt borders, gilt spines and turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges (extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Earl of Cromer (armorial bookplates) – Gloucester (bookplates).
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