Beschreibung:

Guercino, after] - BARTOLOZZI, Francesco - [ Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty ]. S.l., s.n., s.d., folio, 18th-c. marbled calf (covers loose), gilt orn. flat spine (rubbed), 82 pl. (lacking title and index; some pl. brown. or fox.).
Later ed. (?, 1800 ?) on laid paper (1st 1764). Includes a portrait of Guercino and 81 pl. (one on double p.) engraved by Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Richard Dalton (1715?-1791), Vitalba and others, generally printed in sepia, after drawings of the Italian painter Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri 1591-1666), collected by the Earl of Bute during his Grand Tour and later offered to King George III. Armorial bookplate Hugh, Duke of Westminster .