Lot 289: Strutt, Joseph (1749-1802) A Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers. London: by Davis for Faulde

Strutt, Joseph (1749-1802) A Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers. London: by Davis for Faulder, 1785-1786.
First edition, two volumes bound as one, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece opposite the title in each part and eighteen additional full-page plates, four of which depict artists' monograms and signatures; all plates printed in sepia-colored ink; bound in old diced russia, rebacked, large water stain to boards, which does not affect the contents, with attendant leather loss, especially to the back board, 10 1/2 x 8 in.
Royal Academy graduate and antiquary, in addition to this biographical work on engravers, Strutt also made important contributions to the history of costume.