ART & ARCHITECTURE -- OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving. London: John and Arthur Arch, 1816. 2 volumes, 4° (270 x 215mm). Half-titles, errata slip. 22 engraved plates, one of these folding. (Some spotting.) Contemporary russia, sides with border in gilt and blind (sides lightly scuffed, one cover with a small dampstain).
FIRST EDITION. The plates include four after Dürer; a number of the works reproduced here were drawn from the author's own remarkable collection.
ART & ARCHITECTURE -- OTTLEY, William Young (1771-1836). An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving. London: John and Arthur Arch, 1816. 2 volumes, 4° (270 x 215mm). Half-titles, errata slip. 22 engraved plates, one of these folding. (Some spotting.) Contemporary russia, sides with border in gilt and blind (sides lightly scuffed, one cover with a small dampstain).
FIRST EDITION. The plates include four after Dürer; a number of the works reproduced here were drawn from the author's own remarkable collection.
