'Anecdotes of Painting in England', c1762, (1946). Artist: Horace Walpole.

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'Anecdotes of Painting in England', c1762, (1946). The First History of English Art published by the Strawberry Hill Press between 1762 and 1780. Horatio Walpole (1717-1797) modelled it on Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists. It is one of the earliest examples of 'Private Press' books. From English Printed Books, by Francis Meynell. [Collins, London, 1946]

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