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Binding:	Hardcover	Special Attributes:	1st Edition
Subject:	Reference	Printing Year:	1865
Topic:	Dictionaries, Thesauri	Origin:	American

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BIOGRAPHICAL

HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS;

OR,

MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND WORKS OF EMINENT

PAINTERS, ENGRAVERS, SCULPTORS,

AND

ARCHITECTS.

From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time.

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, AND CONDENSED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES.

INCLUDING THE WORKS OF

VASARI, LANZI, KUGLER, DR. WAAGEN, BRYAN,

PILKINGTON, WALPOLE, SIR C. EASTLAKE, AND MRS. JAMESON.

With Chronological Tables of Artists and their Schools, Plates of Monograms, etc.

BY

S. SPOONER, M. D.

VOL. I. — A TO L.

NEW YORK:

J. W. BOUTON, 481 BROADWAY.

MDCCCLXV.

(1865)

Above is the complete Vol. I. title page.

First edition, complete in two volumes; contains 24 numbered plates with artist monograms and devices.

No markings or signs of previous ownership.

From the Preface:

“The collection of monograms and artists’ devices is the most copious ever inserted in any biographical work. The Tables have been constructed with great care, and will be found to contain much important information never before displayed and made accessible in that form.”

BIOGRAPHY:

Shearjashub Spooner (1809-1859), Vermont physician, dentist in New York, wrote A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, and Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art.

CONTENTS:

Vol. I. A—L

Preface, New York, January, 1865.

Introduction

Painting, Engraving, Photography

A Key to Marks found on Engravings and Paintings

Criticism on Works of Art

Restoring Paintings

A Brief Explanation of the Principal Terms used by Writers on the Fine Arts

Table of Christian Names

An Alphabetical List of the most renowned Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects

An Alphabetical List of the Names acquired by Distinguished Artists, with their Surnames

An Alphabetical List of the Copyists and Imitators of the Great Masters

An Alphabetical List of Authorities

Monograms — 24 plates

A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects

Begins:

H. Vander Aa, 1701, Dutch engraver

Thierry Vander Aa, 1731, Dutch painter

P. Aartsen, 1564, Dutch historical painter

Antonio Abacco, 1558, Roman architect, writer

Maria de Abarca, 17th century Spanish paintress

Ends:

Gaspar Luyken, 1670, Dutch engraver

Romano Luzio, 1530, Roman painter

John Vander Lys, 1600, Dutch painter

Lysippus, 325 B.C., Greek Sculptor

Lysistratus, 325 B.C., Greek Sculptor

Vol. II. M—Z

A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects

Begins:

Cornelius de Maan (1621-1706), Dutch painter

John de Mabuse, (1496-1532), Flemish painter

Florio Macchi, 1620, Italian painter

Girolamo Macchietti, 1535, Italian painter

Charles Macé, 1631, French engraver

Ends:

Louis Joachim Visconti, 1791, French architect born at Rome

James Ward (1770-1859), English painter

Richard Westmacott (1775-1856), English sculptor

James Tibbetts Willmore (1800-1863), English engraver

Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1778-1862), English sculptor

BOOK DESCRIPTIONS:

10.50” x 7” x 3.75”

6 lbs 15 ounces

1,216 pages

24 leaves of plates

lxiii + [1] + 501 + [1]

(2) + (503)-1150

Quarter dark green cloth with reddish-orange boards that are well attached, rubbed and worn at edges; Vol. II. has small dark spot on front board near fore-edge. Backstrips have gilt titles; top page edges are gilt, endpapers are dark green. Bindings are tight, no loose, missing, bent or torn pages; leaves are lightly age toned with no foxing, fading, markings or offset.

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This set of books is from the collection of Donald Hawthorne, antiquarian bookseller for over 60 years.

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