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STRUTT, Joseph.—A Biographical Dictionary; containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a short list of their most esteemed works. With the Cyphers, Monograms, and particular marks, used by each master, accurately copied from the originals, and properly explained. To which is prefixed, an Essay on the Rise and Progress of the Art of Engraving, both on copper and on wood. With several curious specimens of the performances of the most ancient Artists. By Joseph Strutt. London: printed by J. Davis, for Robert Faulder, . . . MDCCLXXXV. 4to, two volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by F. Bedford.
Sixteen plates.
STRUTT, Joseph.—Biographical Dictionary. 1785. 4to, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford.
Another copy. Inserted are one hundred and fifty-nine examples of engraving by Bartolozzi, Nanteuil, Wille, Marshall, Peter de Jode, B. Beham, and others, and many portraits of the artists, in mezzotint, line, and stipple engraving, including the portrait of John Florio by Hole, Lucas de Leyda by Stokius, Charles II of England by Meyssens, Scudery by Nanteuil, Montaigne by Ficquet, Evelyn by Bartolozzi, Mlle. Camargo by Bickham, and many other examples.
STRUTT, Joseph.—The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. Including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time. By Joseph Strutt. Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions; selected from ancient paintings. A new edition, with a copious index, by William Hone, . . . London: printed for Thomas Tegg, . . . 1831. Royal 8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, with engravings coloured by hand.
STURT, John.—The Orthodox Communicant, by way of Meditation On the Order for the Adminiſtration of the Lord's-Supper, or Holy Communion; According to the Liturgy of the Church of England, [vignette] London, Engraven by J. Sturt & Sold by R. Ware . . . & J. Tinney . . . [n.d.] 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, centre ornaments, gilt over uncut edges, by F. Bedford.
Engraved throughout. Eighty-eight vignettes and tail-pieces, and numerous initial letters.
SUDERMANN, Hermann.—The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) a play in five acts by Hermann Sudermann translated from the German by Edith Wharton Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1903. 12mo, boards, gilt top, uncut edges.