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<dl><dd>By Henry Bell. A reissue of the 1728 edition, which was entitled 'A historical essay on the original of painting', with a new t.p. See ESTC</dd>
<dd>"Shewing, I. The antiquity, excellency and usefulness of that divine art, to those who are desirous of being acquainted with the true knowledge and secrets therein contained. II. Plain instructions to form a right judgment of the real value of good pictures, and how to distinguish originals from copies, III. A chronological account of the most celebrated painters, from their rise, to the present time."</dd>
<dd>"As this essay is an introduction to the history of painting to the time of Cimabue, I shall beg leave to prefix a chronological account of the painters since that time, as taken by the ingenious Mr. [Jonathan] Richardson, at the end of his Essay of the theory of painting. Printed anno 1715"--P. 127. The list of painters occupies p. 127-138</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [A]² B-M⁶ N²(+N3)</dd>
<dd>Records for other copies report [4] or [6] additional pages</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece engraved by Henry Hulsbergh</dd>
<dd>P. 45-48 misnumbered 46, 45, 48, 47</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd>
<dd>Binding: modern sprinkled calfskin, blind tooled in panel design. Title in gilt on red spine label. Edges sprinkled red. Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Painting, Ancient; Painting, Medieval; Painters</div>
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<dl><dd>Bell, Henry, 1647-1711</dd>
<dd>Bell, Henry, 1647-1711. Historical essay on the original of painting</dd>
<dd>Hulsbergh, Henry, d. 1729</dd></dl></div>
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