THE HEATH FAMILY OF ENGRAVERS 1779- 1878. Two Volumes.
Aldershot England. Published by The Scholar Press, Royal 8vo.Volume one. James Hearth A.R.A. pp.242 with black & white illustrations. Volume two; Charles Heath and his sons Frederick and Alfred. pp.351 with black & white illustrations. Black cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust wrapppers. Near fine set. Item #195711
"The Heath family engravers were James Heath ARA (1757-1834), his son Charles Heath (1785-1848), and Charles' two sons Frederick and Alfred. These line engravers constitute in microcosm the rise and ultimate decline over a century in which they worked centrestage in their profession in England, at a time when the so called 'British School' of engraving led the world. James Heath, Historical Engraver to King George III, was a much admired and gregarious figure in the close knit artistic and theatrical London of his time, an innovator, with a prodigious output, and a touch regarded as more brilliant than any of his contemporaries."
Price: $300.00