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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
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.
Author
Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709.
Publication
London : printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

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Description
[18],430p.; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
  • Abrégé de la vie des peintres. English
  • Eighteenth century collections online.
Alternative Title
Abrégé de la vie des peintres.
Subject
Note
  • Translated by John Savage.
  • Titlepage in red and black.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 728277063
  • T122836
Author
Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709.
Title
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
London : printed for Charles Marsh, at Cicero's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
Edition
The second edition.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T122836.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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