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<dl><dd>Added engraved t.-p. by Simon Gribelin after Henry Cooke. "Preface of the translator, with a parallel of poetry and painting," p. i-lxiv. "De arte graphica liber" in Latin verse and Dryden's English prose translation on facing pages, 1-77. "Observations on The art of painting of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy," p. 79-212. "The judgment of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy on the works of the principal and best painters of the two last ages," p. 213-226. Richard Graham's "A short account of the most eminent painters," p. 229-349, with special added t.-p</dd>
<dd>Includes indexes and errata</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi1 (a)-(h) B-2Y 2Z²</dd>
<dd>Wing (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: calfskin, rebacked. Boards gilt tooled with double frames, central lozenge and corner pieces built up with small tools. Edges of boards and turn-ins gilt rolled. Page edges gilt. Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 2: calfskin, rebacked. Boards tooled in black with fleurons and double fillets. Page edges sprinkled red, top edges silvered. Signature on 2nd front free endpaper of A. Beresford, Macclesfield, 1843. Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed P.S</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Painting; Painters; Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics)</div>
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<dl><dd>Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668</dd>
<dd>Dryden, John, 1631-1700</dd>
<dd>Graham, Richard, fl. 1680-1720. Short account of the most eminent painters</dd>
<dd>Gribelin, Simon, 1661 or 2-1733</dd>
<dd>Cooke, Henry, 1642-1700</dd>
<dd>Heptinstall, John</dd>
<dd>Rogers, W</dd></dl></div>
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