[Works of William Hogarth] Sammlung Hogarthischer Kupferstiche.Erste Lieferung von sechs Platten [& parts 2 -7].
[Gottingen: J.C. Dieterich, n.d., 1794-c.1830.]
7 parts (of 14), folio, 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), original marbled wrappers with calf spine, printed labels on front cover, in later portfolio; each part with six numbered engravings (part 3 with eight), as called for. Some spotting and staining throughout.
A collection of the first 44 plates of 88 in this German edition of the engraved works of William Hogarth, published in parts 1794-1834. The plates were engraved by Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen to accompany a commentary on the engravings of Hogarth by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 'Ausfürliche Erklärung der Hogarthischen Kupferstiche'. Paulson describes the plates as ''good copies'' of the originals. Part 1 contains: Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn; A Midnight Modern Conversation; The Four Times of the Day. Part 2: A Harlot's Progess. Part 3: A Rake's Progress. Part 4: Marriage à-la-Mode. Part 5 & 6: Industry & Idleness. Part 7: The Invasion: France, Plate 1st, The Invasion: England, Plate 2nd; The Distrest Poet; The Laughing Audience; The Company of Undertakers; Tailpiece, or The Bathos. The complete set of 14 parts is rare.
Paulson Vol. I, p. 81.
[Ref: 53761] £690.00
7 parts (of 14), folio, 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"), original marbled wrappers with calf spine, printed labels on front cover, in later portfolio; each part with six numbered engravings (part 3 with eight), as called for. Some spotting and staining throughout.
A collection of the first 44 plates of 88 in this German edition of the engraved works of William Hogarth, published in parts 1794-1834. The plates were engraved by Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen to accompany a commentary on the engravings of Hogarth by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 'Ausfürliche Erklärung der Hogarthischen Kupferstiche'. Paulson describes the plates as ''good copies'' of the originals. Part 1 contains: Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn; A Midnight Modern Conversation; The Four Times of the Day. Part 2: A Harlot's Progess. Part 3: A Rake's Progress. Part 4: Marriage à-la-Mode. Part 5 & 6: Industry & Idleness. Part 7: The Invasion: France, Plate 1st, The Invasion: England, Plate 2nd; The Distrest Poet; The Laughing Audience; The Company of Undertakers; Tailpiece, or The Bathos. The complete set of 14 parts is rare.
Paulson Vol. I, p. 81.
[Ref: 53761] £690.00