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Du FRESNOY, C.A., DRYDEN, Mr.
De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, by C.A. De Fresnoy. With Remarks Translated into English, Together with an Original Preface containing a Parallel betwixt Painting and Poetry. by Mr. Dryden. As also a Short Account of the most Eminent Painters...
London J. Heptinstall 1695, lxii, 355 p. 21 cm. B&w frontis. chipped at bottom right corner. Hardcover. Full leather cover with raised bands, outer hinges cracked, cracked on front cover. Front and back hinge cracked, endpapers loose with dark edges, inked date on front paste-down endpaper, ink marks on front free endpaper, back endpapers torn, some rough edges throughout especially at the front and back, owner's sig. on t.p., large hole in centre of p. iii, stain on p. xix, 12-17, 22-38, marking 27, 31, 274-5. The first edition of Dryden's prose translation of Du Fresnoy's poem on Painting. Also the first appearance of Dryden's essay on painting and poetry.
- USD 750.00 > other currencies
- ordernr.: 001291
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