A treatise on ancient painting, . containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans; ... To which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and othe celebrated modern masters; ... The whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting; ... engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni a Roman, ... By George Turnbull LL.D.
George Turnbull (1698-1748)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141877
Summary
Bibliographic description
xl,[2],183,[1]p.; 50,[3] leaves of plates . ill.. . fol.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signature (Strongitharm) illegible: 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7704; Lee's London Bookplates (1985) 193) [Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf binding; seven raised bands; spine gilt decorated and gilt lettered: "Turnbull on ancient painting".
Makers and roles
George Turnbull (1698-1748) J. Mynde (1740-1770) Camillo Paderni (d.c.1770)