A biographical dictionary : containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time : and a short list of their most esteemed works : with the cyphers, monograms, and particular marks, used by each master, accurately copied from the originals, and properly explained : to which is prefixed, an essay on the rise and progress of the art of engraving, both on copper and on wood : with several curious specimens of the performances of the most ancient artists
Joseph Strutt's alphabetical dictionary of engravers, printed in London in 1785 for the bookseller Robert Faulder and aimed at print collectors and connoisseurs. Plates reproduce specimens of fifteenth-century engraving and woodcut alongside copied monograms and marks: outlined historiated initials holding saints, crowned figures and angels with staves, and tiered block-book scenes in flat red, green and blue, usable as line ornament, lettering models and cipher sets.
