![WORLIDGE (THOMAS) A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems, Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, Etched after the Manner of Rembrandt], PRINTED ON SATIN, 1768](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-10/02/94466528-9-2.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "WORLIDGE (THOMAS) A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems, Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, Etched after the Manner of Rembrandt], PRINTED ON SATIN, 1768 Sold for £1,875 inc. premium")
13 Nov 2012
14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs
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Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs
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[WORLIDGE (THOMAS)
A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems, Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, Etched after the Manner of Rembrandt], first edition, frontispiece self-portrait and 181 (of 182) engraved plates, ALL PRINTED ON GOLD SATIN, mounted recto-only on 37 sheets, without text as issued, watered silk endpapers, contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with border of gilt Greek key design on black morocco onlay (missing approximately half), g.e., folio, [London, 1768]
Sold for
£1,875
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The first edition of Worlidge's celebrated depictions of antique gems, with all the engravings - including his self-portrait in the guise of Rembrandt - printed on gold satin giving the images a shimmering three-dimensional quality. Published posthumously by the artist's widow at the high cost of eighteen guineas a copy.
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