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The art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters: containing a complete treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints. With Reflexions on the Works of the most Celebrated Masters, and of the several Schools of Europe, as well ancient as modern. Being the most perfect Work of the Kind extant. Translated from the French of Monsieur de Piles. To which is added, an essay towards an English school.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709.
- Standardized Title:
- Abrégé de la vie des peintres. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Painting--Early works to 1800.
- Painting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([18],430p. )
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Other Title:
- Art of painting,
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
- Notes:
- Translated by John Savage.
- Titlepage in red and black.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T122836.
- OCLC:
- 728277063
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