Description
'JAMES HEATH, ENGRAVER TO KINGS AND TUTOR TO MANY' BY G W SMITH. Fine copy of this excellent 1989 paperback, 38 pages detailing the life of James Heath, one of the leading engravers (1757-1834). Contents: Family trees of James and George Heath; James Heath and circle; James Heath's successors as engravers in America; Serjeant George Heath and his partnership with the Americans; Charles Heath the entrepreneur. His successes and his bankruptcies; The Heath family in control of the firm of Perkins Baker and Charles Heath's artistic descendants. (Ref 127301).
