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Catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, bas-reliefs, busts and small statues

Book
1787 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

vi, 73 [i.e. 79], [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Octavo format.
Signatures: [A]|(-[A]4) B-F| G|(-G8) H-K| L| (L1 may be A4 or G8, difficult to tell, as there are no deckles and the paper is wove)
Pages 45-47 are repeated.
Two color stipple engravings printed on plates.

Object details

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TitleCatalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, bas-reliefs, busts and small statues (published title)
Brief description
Book, 'Catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, bas-reliefs, busts and small statues : with a general account of tablets, vases, ecritoires, and other ornamental and useful articles : the whole formed in different kinds of porcelain and terra cotta, chiefly after the antique, and the finest models of modern artists / by Josiah Wedgwood', published Etruria, [North Staffordshire] : Sold at his rooms in Greek Street, Soho, London, and at his manufactory, in Staffordshire, 1787.
Physical description
vi, 73 [i.e. 79], [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Octavo format.
Signatures: [A]|(-[A]4) B-F| G|(-G8) H-K| L| (L1 may be A4 or G8, difficult to tell, as there are no deckles and the paper is wove)
Pages 45-47 are repeated.
Two color stipple engravings printed on plates.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Approx, closed width: 12cm (Note: From BGs planning folder)
  • Height: 8cm
  • Width: 24cm
  • Depth: 20.5cm (Note: From BGs planning folder)
Gallery label
(13/03/2018)
TRADE CATALOGUE
1787; the bound-in admission ticket dates from 1790

Wedgwood published these catalogues of his ornamental wares from 1773 onwards. They were very early examples of printed catalogues for industrial products and the first in Britain for ceramics. All were issued in English, French, German and Dutch editions. An illustrated creamware catalogue followed in 1774.

Illustrated with engravings, ink on paper;bound in morocco leather with gold tooling
Published in London
Object history
22.12.71 NAL accession date
Other number
96.M.23 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041800153355

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