Jones (O.) & Goury Alhambra 1842-45 {1858} SLV [IB]

Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh), & Goury, Jules (1803-34; French) Plans, elevations, sections and details of the Alhambra… (2 vols., London: Owen Jones, 1842-45; with some 100 lithographed plates) Purchased 1858 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 728.81 J72] This lavish, large-scale publication documents the decoration of the famous palace/citadel in Granada, dating mostly from the reigns

Pugin, Augustus Charles (1762-1832; French/English)

Illustrated Books listed in this catalogue Pugin (A.C.) & Britton Public Buildings of London 1838 {1858} SLV [IB] Pugin (A.C.) Ornamental Timber Gables 1839 {1857} SLV [IB] Pugin (originally called Auguste) arrived in London from France in 1798, and worked as an architectural draughtsman under John Nash, before embarking on a career as a commercial

Jones (I.) Designs 1727 {1860} SLV [IB]

Jones, Inigo (1573-1652; English) The Designs of Inigo Jones: consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings (2 vols., London, 1727) Purchased 1860 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 720 J71] These volumes, funded substantially by Lord Burlington (1694-1753), and edited and published by William Kent (1685-1748), consist mainly of engravings after architectural

Hogarth Works 1822 {1857} SLV [IB]

Hogarth, William (1697-1764; English), after Works of, from the original plates restored by James Heath… (London: Baldwin & Craddock, 1822) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 769 H67] The engravings are by James Heath, ARA (1757-1834), Blake and others. The text, comprising a biographical essay and remarks on the individual works, is by London

Hogarth, William (1697-1764; English)

Illustrated books on Hogarth acquired by 1861: Hogarth Illustrated (ed.Ireland) 1793-1804 {1857} SLV [IB] Hogarth Works 1822 {1857} SLV [IB] Hogarth’s prolific output included original engravings as well as authorized reproductions of his paintings by himself and others; pirated copies also circulated. The continuing popularity of his moral and satirical subjects after his death is reflected

Gell Pompeiana 1832 {by 1861} SLV [IB]

Gell, William [Sir] (1777-1836; English) Pompeiana: the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819… (4 vols., London, 1824-32) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [S913.377 G28] The author, an illustrator and archaeologist, spent the earlier part of his career investigating sites in Greece and Asia Minor. From 1817 he was occupied

Parker, James (1750-1805; English)

Prints included in the following illustrated books: Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Odyssey of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] An associate of William Blake, Parker worked as a professional engraver. For details of his career and a catalogue of his prints, see Bentley

Piroli, Tommaso (c.1752-1824; Italian)

Prints by Piroli included in the following illustrated books: Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Divine Comedy of Dante 1807 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus 1831 {1857} SLV [IB] Piroli was an etcher based in Rome. Refs. See

Blake, William (1757-1827; English)

Prints included in: Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from Hesiod 1817 {1857} SLV [IB] See also * Schiavonetti after Phillips William Blake {by 1894} Loc? [PR] Remarkable as both poet and artist, Blake is now understood as a central figure in the development of European

Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English)

Works included in this catalogue Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Iliad of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Odyssey of Homer 1805 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Divine Comedy of Dante 1807 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from Hesiod 1817 {1857} SLV [IB] Flaxman (after) Compositions from

Flaxman (after) Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus 1831 {1857} SLV [IB]

Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English), after Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus (London, 1831; 36 engravings by Thomas Piroli & Frank Howard) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 735 F61A] Flaxman’s drawings after Aeschylus, regarded by August Schlegel as the finest of the artist’s outline illustrations, were first published as engravings in 1795. This volume,

Fergusson, James (1808-86; Scottish)

Illustrated books acquired for Melbourne by 1861: Fergusson Rock Cut Temples of India 1845 {by 1861} SLV [IB] * Fergusson Ancient Architecture in Hindostan 1848 {by 1861} Loc? [IB] An amateur architectural historian of independent means, Fergusson spent a formative decade in India from 1829 to 1839. His passion for the subject of ancient Indian

* Fergusson Ancient Architecture in Hindostan 1848 {by 1861} Loc? [IB]

Fergusson, James (1808-86; Scottish) Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan (London: J.Hogarth, 1848) Acquired by 1861 Loc.unknown The book comprises 24 large-scale lithographs by Thomas Dibdin (1810-93) after drawings by Fergusson, including images of a number of notable Indian sites. The example reproduced here shows the 13th-century Hindu Temple at Konark (Odisha), declared a

Campbell Vitruvius Britannicus 1715ff. {1860} SLV [IB]

Campbell, Colen (1676-1729; Scottish) Vitruvius Britannicus, or, the British architect… (5 vols., London, 1715-71; with engravings by various artists) Acquired 1860 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 720.942 C15] Campbell’s book, originally published in three volumes (1715-25), has been called a “manifesto of English Palladianism” (Connor 1977), although it actually ranges widely, from Inigo Jones

Becker Men of Victoria 1856 {by 1861} SLV [IB]

Becker, Ludwig (1808-61; German/Australian) Men of Victoria (Part I), Melbourne, 1856 (including 4 portraits) Acquired by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARE LTF920.0945 B38M or RARE LTP920.0945 B38M] This volume (which could equally be categorized under prints) includes Becker’s lithographed portraits of W.F.Stawell, Andrew Clarke, John Hodgson and Peter Lalor. It was printed for the

Adam (R.) & others Palace of Diocletian 1764 {by 1861} SLV [IB]

Adam, Robert (1728-92; Scottish), with Clérisseau, Charles-Louis (1721-1820; French) & others Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia (London, 1764; etchings by Bartolozzi et al.) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARESEF 722.7 AD1] This volume, dedicated to King George III, documents the remains of the large fortified seafront palace built from