A general and bibliographical dictionary of the Fine Arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the Arts of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the Fine Arts; And every useful Topic connected therewith. By James Elmes, M. R. I. A. architect; Author of "Lectures on Architecture," "The Life of SIr Christopher Wren;" "An Essay on the Law of Dilapidations," &c. &c
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Type of record: Book
Title: A general and bibliographical dictionary of the Fine Arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the Arts of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the Fine Arts; And every useful Topic connected therewith. By James Elmes, M. R. I. A. architect; Author of "Lectures on Architecture," "The Life of SIr Christopher Wren;" "An Essay on the Law of Dilapidations," &c. &c
Classmark: Bedford Collection A674
Creator(s): Elmes, James (1782-1862)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Senhouse, Elizabeth Pocklington (1805-1890) (Former owner)
Publisher: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside: R. M. Tims, Dublin; and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1826
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729269
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019874053405181
Collection group(s): John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A674: loose photocopied title page advertisement for Part I of A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts to be published dated May 31, 1824.
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A674: contemporary full calf, gold tooled on covers and spine, marbled endpapers.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A674: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: DA/7. MS. inscription on front flyleaf: E P Senhouse Netherhall [i.e. probably Elizabeth Pocklington Senhouse (1805-1890), of Netherhall, Maryport, Cumbria].
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