Trade card for the Italian-born printmaker James Anthony Minasi (1776-1865), who was born in Calabria and became a Bartolozzi pupil after coming to England. Illustrated with an angelic winged putto concentratiing on a print book
Alternative Title:
Drawing taught by J. Minasi, in the style of F. Bartolozzi ...
First leaf with caption title and index in letterpress on recto; verso blank. Other 61 leaves printed with etchings, some etchings mounted two to a page., Includes 44 prints bound at end of volume which are after landscape paintings in English collections, etchings mostly date 1734-1736, one date 1747., Etchings after works by: And. Mantegna, Benvenuto da Garofalo, Raffael d'Urb. Polodoro da Caravaggio, Gio. da Udine, Fran. Parmeggiano, Papin, Campagniola, Luca Cangiasio, Aug. Carracci, Ann. Carracci, Guercino, Nic. Poussin, Claudio Gillee, Rembrandt, G.F. Bolognese, Romanelle, Giacomo Cortesi detto il Borgognone, Salvator Rosa, W. Vander Veld, Carlo Marratti, and G.P. Panini., and Bound quarter leather spine with marbled paper boards
Publisher:
Publie par Jean Boydell, graveur, rue de Cheapside, a Londres
In portfolio., Added t.p. engr.: Anleitung zum geometrisch-richtigen Sehen, Vergleichen und Beurtheilen, als Grundlage eines guten Zeichnenunterrichts., and No more published.
Publisher:
Im Verlag bei J.J. Bohné
Subject (Topic):
Drawing, Study and teaching, and Geometrical drawing