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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.

Title
  1. The art of painting, [electronic resource] : 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.
Published by
  1. London : printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
Author
  1. Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709.

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Additional authors
  1. Gale (Firm)
Description
  1. [18],430p.; 8⁰.
Uniform title
  1. Abrégé de la vie des peintres. English
  2. Eighteenth century collections online.
Alternative title
  1. Abrégé de la vie des peintres.
Subject
  1. Painting > Early works to 1800
Note
  1. Translated by John Savage.
  2. Titlepage in red and black.
  3. Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed in (note)
  1. English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  1. Electronic reproduction.
Author
  1. Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709.
Title
  1. The art of painting, [electronic resource] : 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.
Imprint
  1. London : printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
Edition
  1. The second edition.
Series
  1. Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
  1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed in:
  1. English Short Title Catalog, T122836.
Connect to:
  1. Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
  2. Full text online
Place of publication
  1. Great Britain England London.
Added author
  1. Gale (Firm)
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