[Etchings]

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A collection of 74 images by Sandby. Folio, 74 etchings on 26 sheets, recently rebound in half calf, several leaves stained, marginal tears, 1 pl with small hole to margin and sm mark to pl. Sheets 468*320 mm, some offsetting, some dated 1750, 51, 52 & 1758, & they vary in size. The volume was probably issued in the mid 1770's by Sayer and Bennet who in their catalogue for 1775 offer a similar collection of landscapes & figure engravings on twenty nine copper plates, designed etched and engraved by Paul and M. Chatelain. They merit a place in the cabinets of the curious & are useful studies to those who would draw landscapes with taste & effect. Most of the prints here the work of Paul. Some interesting titles: 'Etched from the life on board a Scotch Ship, The Cook, Captain & Mait'; 'John Balfours Coffee house at Edinburgh'.