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The art of painting, and the lives of the painters : containing a compleat treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints : with reflections on the works of the most celebrated painters, and of the several schools of Europe, as well ancient as modern : being the newest, and most perfect work of the kind extant / done from the French of Monsieur De Piles ; to which is added, An essay towards an English-school, with the lives and characters of above 100 painters.
Author
Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709
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Language
English
Published/Created
London : Printed for J. Nutt ..., 1706.
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[16], 480, [8] p. (p. [488] advertisements) ; 20 cm. (8vo)
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Marquand Library - Rare Books
ND1130 .P63
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Painters
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Biography
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Painting
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Early works to 1800
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Buckeridge, Bainbrigg, 1668-1733
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Notes
Signatures: A-Hh⁸, Ii⁴.
"An essay towards an English school of painters" (p. 398-480) is ascribed in later editions to Bainbrigg Buckeridge.
Includes indexes.
Translation of: Abregé de la vie des peintres.
LCCN
50047459
OCLC
12065808
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