Barlow, Francis (c.1626-1704)
A Booke Containing such Beasts as are most Usefull for such as Practice Drawing, Graveing, Armes Painting, Chaseing
£4,536
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
and for severall other occasions. Ingraved by Wm Vaughan. [London:] John Overton, 1664. First edition, 4to (17.8 x 13.5cm), 14 ff. (engraved throughout), contents comprising decorative title-page with foliate border, 12 numbered leaves containing in total 32 engravings of animals (in various attitudes) and animal heads, and a leaf containing a blank coat of arms with foliate border, 19th-century cross-grain green morocco, title gilt to spine, all edges gilt
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Footnote
An extremely rare 17th-century pattern book of animal designs, no other copy traced in auction records. The work was reissued in the 18th century with the imprint of Henry Overton, which was the name of both John's son, who succeeded to the business in 1707, and his great-nephew, who did so in 1751.