WILSON, Thomas.—A Catalogue Raisonné of the select Collection of Engravings of an Amateur [Thomas Wilson] London MDCCCXXVIII. 4to, blue levant morocco, rich back and side panels, gilt edges, by W. Matthews.
Privately printed. The engraved initials and head-pieces are on India paper, and two autograph letters of Wilson, together with one hundred and thirteen portraits and other engravings, are inserted. The majority of the plates are in proof state; fourteen are by Bartolozzi, five by Raphael Morghen, and among the others are notable examples by Rembrandt, Nanteuil, Edelinck, Caroline Watson, Hollar, Drevet, Wille, Tardieu, Crispin de Pass, Masson, the Sadelers, and others.
WILSON, Thomas.—A Catalogue Raisonné of the select Collection, &c., 1828. Royal 4to, green morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges.
Large paper copy, with proofs on India paper. Inserted are over one hundred specimens of engraving by Faithorne, Wierix, Raphael Morghen, Hollar, Edelinck, Bartolozzi, the Pass family, etc.
Presentation copy from Thomas Wilson to his wife. From the collection of John Allan.
WILSON, Thomas.—A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt. By an amateur. London: J. F. Setchel . . . 1836. 8vo, green levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Holloway.
Lowndes describes this book as "privately printed," but as the title-page bears the subscription imprint of eight publishers of books and prints, the statement is largely fictitious, though in any event the number printed is known to have been very small.
WILSON, Thomas.—A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt. 1836. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Large paper copy, of which ten were printed.
Presented by the author to Mr. Tiffin, Sept. 19, 1836, with an inserted letter from Wilson pertinent to the subject.