A treatise on ancient painting, containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans; the high opinion which the great men of antiquity had of it; its connexion with poetry and philosophy; and the use that may be made of it in education: to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters; and the commendable use they made of the exquisite remains of antiquity in painting as well as sculpture. The whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting; discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni a Roman, lately done from the originals with great exactness and elegance. By George Turnbull LL.D.
George Turnbull (1698-1748)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3074614
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, [v]-xl, 183, [1] p., 50, [4] leaves of plates (some double and folded) : ill. ; fol. Running number: 7315. Imperfect: wanting plates 10, 12, 18, 25. Subscriber's copy: 'Sir Richard Ellys Bart.' in list of subscribers [i.e. Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five supports, with seven raised bands on spine; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red and brown sprinkled textblock edges. Comb-marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
George Turnbull (1698-1748), author James Mynde (1702-1771), engraver (printmaker) Camillo Paderni (d.c.1770), photographer