De arte graphica = The art of painting / by C. A. Du 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, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession / by another hand.

Accession number: 
PML 75903
Author: 
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668.
Published: 
London : Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers ... , 1695.
Description: 
2 p.., lxxiv, 355, [1] p. ; 24 cm
Credit: 
Purchase, Harper Fund.
Notes: 

Includes the original poem in Latin, with title: De arte graphica liber.
Rendered into English from the French translation by R. de Piles.
"A short account of the most eminent painters" ... [by R. Graham] has special t.p.
Added engraved t.p.

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