DU FRESNOY, C[HARLES] A: DE ARTE GRAPHICA. THE ART OF PAINTING...Translated into English...by MR. DRYDEN

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DU FRESNOY, C[HARLES] A : DE ARTE GRAPHICA. THE ART OF PAINTING...Translated into English...by MR. DRYDEN

W. Rogers, London, 1695

8vo., (8 x 6 inches). Full 18th century calf with plain sides; spine with five raised bands bordered with triple gilt fillets, later (?) title label. Spine professionally repaired with the original spine laid down. A small hole in the border of one leaf repaired; extreme lower corner of the engraved frontispiece mended. A VERY HANDSOME copy ELABORATELY RULED IN RED throughout.Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy (1611-55), painter and poet is remembered for his Latin poem written in 1668. This FIRST EDITION is the translation by the English poet, John Dryden. There was another English translation by William Mason, published in 1783 with annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds. A supplementary work by "another hand", viz; A Short Account of the Most Eminent Painters both Ancient and Modern, Continu'd down to the Present Times is cited on the title; that second title-page is elaborately flourished. once again.

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