LORRAINE, Claude de.—Liber Veritatis. Or, a Collection of two hundred prints, after the original designs of Claude de Lorrain, in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, executed by Richard Earlom, in the manner and taste of the drawings. To which is added a descriptive catalogue of each print. Together with The Names of thoſe for whom, and of the Places for which the Original Pictures were firſt painted, (Taken from the Hand-writing of Claude de Lorrain himſelf on the Back of each Drawing) and Of the preſent Possessors of many of the Original Pictures. . . . Publiſhed by the Proprietor, John Boydell, Engraver, . . . London. M DCC LXXVII. [-M DCCCXIX] Folio, three volumes, scored russia, gilt back, gilt and blind-tooled side borders, gilt edges.
First edition. Mezzotint portraits of Claude by Josiah Boydell, of Richard Earlom by Lupton after Stuart, and, inserted, a portrait of Alderman John Boydell by B. Smith after C. Borckhardt. In each volume are one hundred aquatints after Claude.
Volume III is published by Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1819.
The Beckford copy.
LOSSING, Benson John.—The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. By Benson J. Lossing. With several hundred engravings on wood by Lossing and Barritt, chiefly from original sketches by the author. . . . New York: Harper & Brothers, . . . 1851. Royal 8vo, two volumes, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Inserted is an autograph letter from Lossing.
LOSSING, Benson John.—The Home of Washington and its Associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial. New edition, revised, with additions. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by numerous engravings, chiefly from original drawings by the author, engraved by Lossing and Barritt. New York: W. A. Townsend, . . . 1865. 4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Large paper copy, one hundred printed. Frontispiece of Mount Vernon by J. Duthie after G. I. Parkeyns, portrait of Washington by G. R. Hall after Stuart, and numerous woodcuts.
LOSSING, Benson John.—A Memorial of Alexander Anderson, M.D., the First Engraver on Wood in America. Read before the New York Historical Society, Oct., 5, 1870. By Benson J. Lossing. New York: printed for the subscribers: 1872. 4to, half maroon morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bradstreet.
Illustrated with thirty-seven woodcuts and a copper-plate portrait of Dr. Mitchill.