HOARE, PRINCE.

An Inquiry into the Requisite Cultivation and present state of the Art of Design in England.

London, Richard Phillips, 1806.

8vo. Uncut in contemporary (original?) blank wrappers. Previous owner's name to title-page and a few tears to wrapper, otherwise a very fine and unsophisticated copy. (4)XXIII, (1), 270 pp. + Frontispiece titled "The Graphic Muse" by William Blake after Joshua Reynolds.

Rare first edition of this work on the cultivation and state of the art of design in England.

Order-nr.: 60081