The art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters [electronic resource] : 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 ([16],421,426-439,[1]p. )

Edition:

The third edition: in which is now first inserted the life of Sir Godfrey Kneller, by the Late B. Buckeridge, Esq; who wrote the greatest part of the English school.

Other Title:

Art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Thomas Payne, in Castle-Street, next the Mews-Gate, near Charing-Cross, [1750?]

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

Text and register are continuous.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T71752.

OCLC:

508738018