[Guercino, after] - BARTOLOZZI, Francesco [Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty]. S.l., s.n., s.d.
Estimation :
3000 / 4000
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
[Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty]. S.l., s.n., s.d. folio, 18th-c. marbled calf (covers loose), gilt orn. flat spine (rubbed), 82 pl. (lacking title and index; some pl. brown. or fox.). Later ed. (?, 1800 ?) on laid paper (1st 1764). Includes a portrait of Guercino and 81 pl. (one on double p.) engraved by Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Richard Dalton (1715?-1791), Vitalba and others, generally printed in sepia, after drawings of the Italian painter Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591-1666), collected by the Earl of Bute during his Grand Tour and later offered to King George III. Armorial bookplate Hugh, Duke of Westminster.
