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Add this copy of De Arte Graphica / the Art of Painting to cart. $577.50, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1695 by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers.
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VG (light shelfwear and smudging to leather boards, spine has some tears internally but all pages are intact. Staining to block, age toning to pages) Tan leather boards with four raised bands on spine, bw frontispiece, [4], lxiv, 355, [1] pages. Translation of: De arte graphica. Parallel texts in English and Latin. Added engraved title page. By C.A. Du Fresnoy; with remarks; translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry, by Mr. Dryden; as also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession, by another hand.
Add this copy of De Arte Graphica. the Art of Painting to cart. $1,050.00, good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1695 by London, Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers.
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1695, London, Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers
Publisher:
London, Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers
Published:
1695
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English
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15101367975
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Good. 1st English ed. Translated by John Dryden. Small quarto, 24 cm. Bound in contemporary speckled calf. Speckled edge. 5 raised bands. Rebacked. Engraved frontispiece title, title in red and black. 2 preliminary leaves, lxxiv, 355, [1] pages. Internally, very good with white, unmarked pages. Contents: Preface of the translator, with a parallel, of poetry and painting--The preface of the French author / by Roger de Piles--Table of the precepts contain'd in this treatise--The art of painting / by Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy--Observations on the art of painting of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy / Roger de Piles--Judgement of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, on the works of the principal and best painters of the two last ages / by Roger de Piles--A short account of the most eminent painters both ancient and modern continu'd down to the present times accoeding to the order of their succession / by Richard Graham. Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy was a French painter who is best known for this poetical work. Wing D2458.
