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TISCHBEIN, Johann Anton.

Unterricht zur gründlichen Erlernung der Mahlerey.

Hamburg, gedruckt und verlegt von Michael Christian Bock, 1771. 8vo, pp. [2], iv, [3]-128; woodcut head-piece at beginning and woodcut vignette on title-page; a very good, clean and crisp copy bound in contemporary speckled boards. Only edition of Johann Anton Tischbein's painting manual written for the benefit of his pupils who he taught at his drawing school in Hamburg since 1766. The publication of the present work and its favourable reception in artistic circles gained Tischbein the appointment of professor of drawing at the Johanneum, the most prestigious school in Hamburg.Schlosser/Magnino, p. 680; UCBA 1990.

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