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Book/Printed Material The compleat gentleman Gentlemans exercise

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Title

  • The compleat gentleman: fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c

Other Title

  • Gentlemans exercise

Names

  • Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643
  • Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679
  • Thrale, Richard, -1678, bookseller
  • Tyler, Evan, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by E. Tyler, for Richard Thrale, at the signe of the Cross-Keys at St Pauls Gate, 1661.

Headings

  • -  Education--Early works to 1800
  • -  Heraldry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800
  • -  Courtesy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Art--Technique--Early works to 1800
  • -  Drawing--Technique--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  A very good hand [i.e. Thomas Blount]--Cf. Rosenwald.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2600
  • -  English short title catalogue, R203169
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-08 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 6 prelim. leaves, 304 [i.e. 316] p., 1 l., [5], 305-455 p. illus. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC4945.G7 P4

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09034702

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Peacham, Henry, Approximately Approximately 1643, Thomas Blount, Richard Thrale, Evan Tyler, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The compleat gentleman: fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c. London, Printed by E. Tyler, for Richard Thrale, at the signe of the Cross-Keys at St Pauls Gate, 1661. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/09034702/.

APA citation style:

Peacham, H., Blount, T., Thrale, R., Tyler, E. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1661) The compleat gentleman: fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c. London, Printed by E. Tyler, for Richard Thrale, at the signe of the Cross-Keys at St Pauls Gate. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/09034702/.

MLA citation style:

Peacham, Henry, Approximately Approximately 1643, et al. The compleat gentleman: fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c. London, Printed by E. Tyler, for Richard Thrale, at the signe of the Cross-Keys at St Pauls Gate, 1661. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/09034702/>.