PILKINGTON, Matthew.

A General Dictionary of Painters...A New Edition, revised and corrected throughout, with numerous Additions, particularly of the most distinguished Artists of the British School (by Richard Alfred Davenport).

London: Tegg, 1829.

2 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf (rubbed), black leather spine labels. London: Thomas Tegg, 1829. Very good.

First published in 1770, "this useful work, the first of its kind in England, embraced about 1400 artists, and continued a standard book until the appearance, 1813-16, of Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers which was to a certain extent based upon it." DNB XV 1185. Lowndes III 1866.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Language: English

Price: $160.00

Item #80187