Hollar’s first catalogue raisonné

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A Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar...,

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[HOLLAR] VERTUE, George (ed.).
London,
for the author,
1745
First edition. Small 4to (255 by 184mm). Title with engraved portrait vignette, engraved plate, 2 head-pieces and tail-piece, errata leaf at end, partially uncut, annotated in iron gall ink, eighteenth century decorative printed paper wrappers, spine defective, housed within modern black cloth case.
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Uncommon. Whilst institutional examples abound, we can find only 6 instances of a copy for sale at auction since WWII. ...