British Museum A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles, Parts 1-10 (6 vols., London, 1812-45) Acquired 1859 Location unknown [but cf. State Library of Victoria AF 733 B77D] The 1857 Melbourne Public Library catalogue, under books added to the collection in 1859, lists the volumes noted above together with several other early British Museum
Humphreys, Henry Noel (1810-79; British) & Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh) The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages (London: Longmans, 1849) Purchased 1860 State Library of Victoria [AEF 745 H88] Survey volume, illustrated with 39 chromo-lithographed plates drawn and lithographed by Jones, reproducing examples from the 7th to 16th centuries. See also Jones (O.) The Grammar of
Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh) The Grammar of Ornament (London, 1856) Acquired 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 745 J72] This famous book featured 112 chromo-lithographed plates surveying the history of design, with a view to distilling principles that contemporaries could use to create their own original designs. The plates, prepared by Francis Bedford and printed
Wyatt, Matthew Digby (1820-77; British) Views of the Crystal Palace and Park Sydenham: from drawings by eminent artists and photographs by P.H.Delamotte (London: Day & Son, 1854) Acquired 1859 State Library of Victoria [RARE SF 725.91 W97] Wyatt, who practised as an architect, was appointed secretary of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and supervised the
Wyatt, Matthew Digby (1820-77; British) Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century (2 vols., London, 1853) Acquired by 1861 State Library of Victoria [AEF 709 W97] This lavish publication showcased “the choicest specimens produced by every nation at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry, 1851.” The large-scale colour lithographs (over 150 in all) were produced by
Worlidge, Thomas (1700-1766; English) Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems… etched after the Manner of Rembrandt (2 vols., London, 1768) Purchased 1858 State Library of Victoria [RARES 736.2 W89] Worlidge studied art in London with the Genoese refugee Alessandro Grimaldi (whose daughter he married), subsequently making his name as a painter of portrait
Wood, Robert (1716-71; Anglo-Irish) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the desart {sic}; and The Ruins of Balbec: otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria, London, 1753 and 1757 Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARESEF 913.3943 W85 and RARESEF 913.3942 W85] In 1750-51, Wood, an antiquarian, travelled in the Eastern Mediterranean with several companions including the
Wilson, Richard (1713/14-82; Welsh). Etchings from the works of Richard Wilson, with some memoirs of his life, &c, by Thomas Hastings (London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1825) Acquired 1858 State Library of Victoria [AF769 W69] A noted landscape painter, Wilson was a foundation member of the Royal Academy (1768). The NGV holds several accepted examples of his
Waring, John Burley (1823-75; English), ed. Art Treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester (London: Day & Son, 1858) Acquired 1858 State Library of Victoria [AEF 709.42 W23] After contributing to the guidebooks to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham in 1854 (with Wyatt and others), Waring was appointed superintendent of ornamental art
The civil architecture of Vitruvius: comprising those books of the author which relate to the public and private edifices of the ancients / translated by William Wilkins; with an introduction containing an historical view of the rise and progress of architecture amongst the Greeks (London: Longman, Hurst &c, 1812; including 41 plates) Purchased in 1858
Stanfield, Clarkson (1793-1867; English) Stanfield’s Coast Scenery: a series of views in the British Channel, from original drawings taken expressly for the work (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1836) Purchased, 1861 State Library of Victoria [SF 914.2 ST2] The book comprises 40 engravings, produced by various print-makers in dramatic style, with accompanying descriptive and historical texts.
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) The Stones of Venice (3 vols., London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1851-53, including engravings after Ruskin’s own drawings) Purchased, 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARE S720.945 R89] This famous book was written when Ruskin was in his early thirties, and illustrated with a number of engravings based on his own designs. His partisan
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-92; English), after Engravings from the pictures and sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 4 vols., London, 1820 (engravings by S.W.Reynolds) Acquired 1858 State Library of Victoria [AEF759.2 R33] This 4-volume set comprises engravings by English printmaker Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835), appointed royal engraver in 1820. A second series of a further three volumes
Pugin, Augustus Welby (1812-52; English) Floriated ornament: a series of thirty-one designs (London: Henry Bohn, 1849) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 729.4 P96] The plates, showing stylized designs based on natural sources, were intended as patterns to be used as stencils by church designers. Another copy, also held in the SLV, was originally
Pugin, Augustus Welby (1812-52; English) Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume, compiled from ancient authorities and examples… (London: H.G.Bohn, 1846) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 247 P96] This was the revised 2nd edition of this book (first published in 1844), with additional text matter by the Reverend Bernard Smith (1815-1903). There are 73 leaves
Pugin, Augustus Welby (1812-52; English) Details of antient timber houses of the 15th & 16th centuries… drawn on the spot and etched by A.Welby Pugin (London: Ackermann, 1836) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 728 P96] This is one of several publications by Pugin, providing influential models for the dissemination of his neo-Gothic ideas
Pugin, Augustus Welby (1812-52; English) Contrasts: Or, a Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and Similar Buildings of the Present Day, Shewing the Present Decay of Taste (London: Charles Dolman, 1836) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 720.942 P96] Pugin’s first significant publication was a powerful diatribe against the
Pugin, Augustus Charles [Auguste] (1762-1832; French-English) A series of ornamental timber gables from existing examples in England and France of the sixteenth century (2nd ed., London: Henry Bohn, 1839) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 729.37 P96] This book was first published in 1831. The lithographs are credited to Benjamin Ferry (1810-80), an architect
Pugin, Augustus Charles [Auguste] (1762-1832; French-English) & Britton, John (1771-1857; English) Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London (2nd ed., enlarged by W.H.Leeds, 2 vols., London: John Weale, 1838) Purchased 1858 State Library of Victoria [S 720.942 P96I] This grand-scale publication (first published in 1825-28) provided a comprehensive account, illustrated with engravings by various printmakers
Palladio, Andrea (1508-80; Italian) Le Fabbriche e I Disegni (1786) & Le Terme dei Romani… (1785) (both publ.Vicenza, ed.Bertotti Scamozzi) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [RARE SEF 720 P17] Palladio, the most famous son of Vicenza in Northern Italy, adapted classical architectural style, especially the pedimented temple front, for the design of Italian
Lear, Edward (1812-88; English) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria…, (London: R.Bentley, 1852) Acquired by 1861 State Library of Victoria [SLV RARE S 914.57 L47] Famous now largely for his Book of Nonsense (1846) and other songs and poems, Lear was also a noted travel artist. He published several illustrated volumes based on
Lassus, Jean-Baptiste (1805-57; French), & Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène (1814-79; French) Monographie de Notre Dame de Paris, et de la nouvelle sacristie de MM.Lassus et Viollet-le-Duc… (Paris: A.Morel, 1856) Purchased 1859 Location unknown This volume, illustrated with engravings, chromo-lithographs, and a set of photographs by Bisson Frères, is listed in MPL 1857 as published in 1856. This
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
Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh) Designs for Mosaic and Tesselated Pavements (London, 1842) Purchased by 1861 State Library of Victoria [SF 729.73 J72] “Printed in Colors by Owen Jones, 9 Argyll Place / Published for the Proprietor by J.Weale, High Holborn, London, 1842” (title page). This book comprises 10 large-scale colour lithographs of designs adapted from
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, 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), after Ireland, John: Hogarth Illustrated, 2 vols., London: Boydell, 1793; and A supplement to Hogarth Illustrated, London: Boydell, 1804 Purchased, 1857 State Library of Victoria [SLV RARES 759.2 J67Zi etc.] The copies bought for Melbourne in 1857 apparently comprised the 2nd corrected edition of vols.1-2 (1793) and the 2nd edition
Gould, John (1804-81; English) The Birds of Australia (7 volumes, London, 1848; lithographs by Elizabeth Gould and others) Purchased 1856 State Library of Victoria (RARELTEF 598.2994 G73B) This impressive series, produced between 1840 and 1848, was dedicated to Queen Victoria, and supported by many other eminent donors and supporters, listed at the beginning of the
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
Flaxman, John (1755-1826; English) (after) Anatomical Studies of the Bones and Muscles, for the Use of Artists… (London: M.Nattali, 1833; with prints by Henry Landseer & others) Purchased 1857 State Library of Victoria [AEF 743 F61] The illustrations comprise an etched portrait of Flaxman by M.de Clauson (1833), reproduced as the frontispiece, 18 lithographs after