Lot 430: STRANGE (ROBERT) A Collection of Historical Prints, Engraved from Pictures by the Most Celebrated Painters, [1792]

A Collection of Historical Prints, Engraved from Pictures by the Most Celebrated Painters of the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian, and Other Schools, 50 engraved plates, the smaller ones window-mounted to fit the size of the folio, contemporary red half morocco gilt, g.e., folio (667 x 498mm.), [London, c.1790]

Robert Strange (1725-1792) was a member of the Academy of St Luke in Rome, and the Royal Academy at Paris, and his reputation as an engraver in Britain led to him being knighted in 1787. "Strange engraved with unusual clarity and delicacy and produced some beautiful prints, especially those after Titian, Correggio, and Van Dyck" (ODNB).