!!!Bartsch, Adam Johann von

b. Vienna, Aug. 17, 1757, 
d. Vienna, Aug. 20, 1821, writer of art books and copperplate 
engraver, as administrator of the Imperial court library he 
systematized its collection of copperplate engravings; pioneered the 
modern, critical science of copperplate engraving; his main 
publications include "Le peintre graveur" (21 vols., 1803-1821) and 
"Anleitung zur Kupferstichkunde" ("Instructions On The Science of 
Copperplate Engraving") ( 2 vols., 1821).

!Literature
R. Rieger, A. v. B., master´s thesis, Bonn 
1992.



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