De arte graphica. The art of painting, 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.
Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy (1611 - 1668)
Category
Books
Date
1695
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 3083611
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], lxiv, 355, [1] p. . 4to. Provenance: Anonymous wood-engraved bookplate (Potten 2, Franks 9664 [Samuel Egerton (1711-1780)]; former shelfmarks T.3.14, 126, 23 and 33. Inscriptions on front paste-down and fly-leaf, “Tho: Cattell” [i.e.: Thomas Cattell (1690-1746)]. Binding: Seventeenth-century double-panelled calf, five raised bands, leather label, “Dryden Art of Painting”; edges sprinkled red.
Makers and roles
Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy (1611 - 1668) John Dryden (1631 - 1700) Richard Graham (1680-1727)