Seventy Etched Fac-Similes: On a Reduced Scale, after the original Studies by Michael Angelo and Raffaelle in the university of Oxford etched and published by Joseph Fisher.

Fisher, Joseph Fisher

Published by Joseph Fisher, printed by I. Shrimpton, Oxford, 1852

About this Item

xi + 69 single sided etched pages. Original brown quarter leather hardback binding in fair condition, with wear. Contents fair, due to using individual pages being bound with gutta-percha, which rarely lasts even 100 years, all pages detached except Title page front and last etched page. Lacks one etching, edge wear to some pages, foxing to a couple of plates, contains a number of protective tissue paper for etchings, a couple of etchings trimmed page, one heavily trimmed, a couple of text pages with edge damage/nicks. No inscriptions, inside front cover is the Armorial bookplate of Belfer, above Belfer is a arm holding a rolled paper/vellum document below a coronet, most likely Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper (1801 1880). Very rare 1st edition. Size: 22 x 28cm Approx. Seller Inventory # 002622

Bibliographic Details

Title: Seventy Etched Fac-Similes: On a Reduced ...

Publisher: Joseph Fisher, printed by I. Shrimpton, Oxford

Publication Date: 1852

Binding: Quarter -Leather Hard Back

Condition: Fair/poor

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Print