Strange (Robert) A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, selected from the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian, Neapolitan...Schools, first edition, title spotted, engraved bookplate of John Waldie, booksellers' ticket of Grant & Bolton of Dublin, contemporary half calf, corners worn, rebacked, for the author, 1769; An Inquiry into the Rise and Establishment of the Royal Academy of Arts, only edition, errata leaf, title soiled, modern calf-backed marbled boards, for E. and C. Dilly, 1775, 8vo (2 )
⁂ Robert Strange (1721-92) was a Scottish engraver. The first describes the paintings collected by him on his Grand Tour, the second airs his grievances that as an engraver he was excluded from joining the newly established Royal Academy.
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