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De arte graphica = The art of painting: PB 7-2005

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

De arte graphica = The art of painting

Maker(s)

Author: Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse
Contributor: Dryden, John
Contributor: Graham, Richard
Gribelin, Simon
Cooke, Henry
Publisher: Rogers, W. (publisher)
Printer: Heptinsall, J.

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Description

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.

Added engraved title page designed by Henry Cooke and engraved by Simon Gribelin.
Includes the original poem in Latin, with title: De arte graphica liber.
"A short account of the most eminent painters" ... [by R. Graham] has special t.p.
Rendered into English from the French translation by R. de Piles.

London : Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1695

[4], lxxiv, 355, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (4to)

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2005-02) by Ars Artis

Dating

Production date: AD 1695

Note

Verso of title-page with armorial bookplate of 'Bibliotheca Chichleio-Codringtoniana' [library of All Souls College, Oxford]. Bound in blue cloth (modern).

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing
Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 7-2005
Primary reference Number: 118663
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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