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Author Name:MACKLIN, Thomas.
Title: The Holy Bible - The Old Testament, embellished with engravings, from pictures and designs by the most eminent British artists. / The New Testament, embellished with engravings, from pictures and designs by the most eminent English artists .
Publisher: London : printed for Thomas Macklin, by Thomas Bensley, 1800. 0
Seller ID: 35784
A fine 7 volume set. Elephant folio. Illustrated with 71 full page engravings and numerous head & tail pieces. Original diced brown calf with gilt tooled border. Spine professionally rebacked in matching brown calf, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration. Very clean throughout. All tissue guards replaced. v. 1. Genesis-Numbers -- v. 2. Deuteronomy-Samuel -- v. 3. Kings-Nehemiah -- v. 4. Esther-Isiah -- v. 5. Jeremiah-Malachi -- v. 6. Matthew-John -- v. 7. New Testament [Acts-Revelation]. Title pages include: 'The Old Testament, embellished with engravings, from pictures and designs by the most eminent British artists' and 'The New Testament, embellished .. ', each with separate title-page and register, and with the title-page repeated at the start of each volume. Title-pages to vol. 6-7 read: "The New Testament, embellished with engravings, from pictures and designs by the most eminent English artists." The plates, published by Thos. Macklin, are dated between 1791 and 1800. With an 8-page list of subscribers. Dedication dated 1791. A true first edition in a very good binding. Referenced by: Herbert 1442; Darlow & Moule 982; ESTC t123175 A heavy set which may attract extra to send abroad. ** Thomas Macklin (1752/3 - 1800) was a British eighteenth-century printseller and picture dealer. Macklin married Hannah Kenting in 1777 and started a printselling business in London in 1779. His first year, his sold 7,000 copies of a print of Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt. In 1781, he inherited £20,000, which he used to speculate in the print market. Macklin is most famous for his Poet's Gallery, a project he announced on 1 January 1787. He planned to commission 100 paintings illustrating famous English poems, which he would publish monthly as engravings between 1790 and 1795. He also held an annual exhibition in Pall Mall, like John Boydell and his Shakespeare Gallery. However, the war with France cut into his profits, as prints could not be traded across the channel, and his partner, Edward Rogers, died. The project produced paintings by Joshua Reynolds, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Gainsborough, John Opie, Angelica Kauffmann, Thomas Stothard, and Francis Wheatley. Francesco Bartolozzi engraved most of the prints. Just two years after beginning the Poet's Gallery, Macklin undertook to publish an illustrated folio Bible in multiple volumes to promote "'the glory of the English school' of painting and engraving and 'the interest of our HOLY RELIGION'". A new typeface and a new kind of paper were designed for the work. The finished Bible had 72 prints, 16 of which were by Philippe Jacques de Louthenbourg. Many of the same artists who were participating in the Poet's Gallery worked on the Bible project. 703 people signed the subscription list, including George III. Macklin's Bible project was expensive to produce: he paid Reynolds £500 for his Holy Family, for example, and the total cost was estimated at £30,000. To realize this project, he was forced to sell some of the paintings from the Poet's Gallery by lottery in 1797. Macklin died on 25 October 1800, just five days after the last large engraving was finished for the Bible. The vignettes were not finished until six weeks later. According to the Dictionary of National Biography, "[t]he Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." Macklin's influence was felt in the world of the arts not only as a publisher but also as a patron. The Dictionary of National Biography records that he may have spent as much as £300,000 as a patron of the arts.
Thomas Macklin Thomas Bensley old new testament Joshua Reynolds, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Gainsborough, John Opie, Angelica Kauffmann Thomas Stothard, and Francis Wheatley. Francesco Bartolozzi AB
Book Box Containing Stonemasons Hammer and Chisel.Semons In Stones . No Date ( C. 1850? ) . 0 A scarce item ! A leather bound box in the shape of a book containing a hammer and chisel ! 5.75" x 4" x 1.25" [ 14.8cm x 10cm x 3cm ]. A small box in the shape of a book, where the top cover is hinged along the spine, and opens to reveal a hollow interior. 19th century full brown calf over wooden boards. Boards with simple blind rule borders. Spine with 5 raised bands, simple blind stamp decorated compartments and original red leather title label: "Sermons In Stones". Front hinge carefully strengthened. The wooden sides of the book-box are painted a dull red to imitate the page edges of a book. Marbled endpaper to verso of the front board. The rest of the interior is lined with a maroon baize (worn). The contents consist of: a stone chisel; and a stone masons hammer with screw -on handle. Both items have been used and there are signs of light corrosion. The Chisel is steel and measures 4.25" [11.6cm] long. The head of the hammer ( with one flat traditional face and a short chisel-shaped blade) measures 3" [8cm], and with the wooden handle attached it is 9" [23cm] long. The handle is wood (probably hickory?), and is attached by a brass threaded collar. A most unusual item . Any information on its history would be appreciated. Price: 200.00 GBP
