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The art of painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy. Translated in to English verse by William Mason, M. A. With annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt. president of the Royal Academy
by Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy / William Mason
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York: Printed by A. Ward, and sold by J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, [et al.]. Good. Vintage rebinding. 1783. 1st thus. 1st edition of this translation; 4to, pp. [iii]-xix, [3], 213 [1 Errata sheet]; rebound in modern ¼ leather marbled boards to mat ch contemporary bindings. . modestly successful career as a painter but is best remembered f or his Latin poem De arte graphica, first published in Paris in 1 684 and containing his observations on the art of painting, incl uding a critical treatise with general advice to students. Willia m Mason (d.1797) spent several years on this new version translat ed into English couplets. Includes a Preface and a verse Epistle to Sir Joshua Reynolds by William Mason; a Life of Du Fresnoy; an d, Du Fresnoy's original Latin poem with a parallel translation i nto English by Mason, together with 56 pages of Notes on the poem by Reynolds and an appendix with du Fresnoy’s comments on pain ters past and a chronological list of painters to the beginning o f the present century by Thomas Gray . Good+; a clean, tight copy with only occasional light foxing. 3†closed tear to errata page, tape repaired, ½†closed tear at top of title page; half-title page trimmed to 80% and tipped in on a new blank page. .
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- The art of painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy. Translated in to English verse by William Mason, M. A. With annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt. president of the Royal Academy
- Author
- Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy / William Mason
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- Vintage rebinding
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- 1st thus
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- Printed by A. Ward, and sold by J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, [et al.]
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- York
- Date Published
- 1783
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- art,, art, instruction,, verse,, poetry,, artists,, art, criticism
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