The principles of drawing :. or, an easy and familiar method for the improvement of youth in the practice of that useful art. Forming a complete drawing book
Gerard Lairesse (Liege 1641 – Amsterdam 1711)
Category
Books
Date
1774
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3155447
Summary
Bibliographic description
60 leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Presumably imperfect: lacks initial text. Drawings have been cut out: pp. 14 [with pencil marking], 20,22,3138,40,57,59. Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe,8th Baronet (1795-1844) and his son, Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half blue calf, with marbled paper over boards; five false bands; gilt tooled; marbled endpapers. Binder’s ticket: Bound by J. Barker, Ashby.
Makers and roles
Gerard Lairesse (Liege 1641 – Amsterdam 1711) John Frederick Fritsch Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy (1611 - 1668)