The Proportions Of The Human Figure, As Handed Down To Us By Vitruvius, From The Writings Of The Famous Sculptors And Painters Of Antiquity: To Which Is Added, The Admirable Method Of Measuring The Figure, Invented By John Gibson, Sculptor; With Description And Illustrative Outlines By Joseph Bonomi. -
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/2049
Imprint
Charles Roberson & Co., 99, Long Acre,, London, W.C. -: 1872.
Physical Description
15, [1] p., 3 dble. pl.; 211 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[T.p.] - Preface - Preface To The Third Edition; [note] - [Text] - Advertisement - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The second plate is signed 'JB del'; the third, 'Joseph Bonomi invt et del' and 'Photo-Lithographed by Whiteman & Bass London'.
The text printer is named on the verso of the title page: 'Dryden Press: J. Davy & Sons, 137 Long Acre, London'.
Summary Note
A note on the verso of the Preface To The Third Edition states, 'Large Lithographs of Plates I, II and III, to be had separately of the Publisher.'
The text is followed by an Advertisement listing works by Samuel Sharpe and / or Joseph Bonomi.
Provenance
The title page is inscribed in ink, 'Library of the Royal Academy From the Author 72 10 17' [i.e. Bonomi?].
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper cover lettered 'Proportions Of The Human Figure'; spine unlettered.