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DU FRESNOY, CHARLES-ALPHONSE. The Art of Painting . . . Translated into English, Together with an Original Preface containing a Parallel betwixt Painting and Poetry. By Mr. [John] Dryden. As also a short Account of the most Eminent Painters, both Ancient and Modern. Engraved allegorical frontispiece. [16], lxviii, [4], 397, [7] pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, recased, endpapers renewed; ink smudges on pages 4-5 and 12-13, contents otherwise clean, Harvard College prize certificate dated 1915 on rear pastedown; early 20th-century morocco pull-off case with Harvard insignia. London: B. L. for William Taylor, 1716
Second edition of Dryden''s 1695 translation, including the original Latin text. "A didactic poem about painting, written between 1641 and 1665. Sets down theoretical principles, based on Italian precedents, which were most influential for the theory and teaching of art in France and England"--Arntzen & Rainwater H61. Macdonald 139b.
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