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Title

  • 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 and modern : being the most perfect work of the kind extant

Names

  • Piles, Roger de, 1635-1709
  • Buckeridge, Bainbrigg, 1668-1733
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for Thomas Payne ..., [1754?]

Headings

  • -  Kneller, Godfrey,--Sir,--1646-1723
  • -  Painting--Early works to 1800
  • -  Painters--Early works to 1800
  • -  Painters--Great Britain--Early works to 1800
  • -  Painters--Biography--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2605
  • -  English short title catalogue, T71752
  • -  LAC snh 2019-09-10 update (2 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-02 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-02

Medium

  • 439 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ND1130 .P65 1754
  • ND1130 .P65 1754 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2605. Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. With: Dézallier d'Argenville, A.-J. The lives of the most eminent modern painters. London, 1754. [Rosenwald collection item 2499]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11028949

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Piles, Roger De, Bainbrigg Buckeridge, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. 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 and modern: being the most perfect work of the kind extant. [London: Printed for Thomas Payne ..., ?, 1754] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11028949/.

APA citation style:

Piles, R. D., Buckeridge, B., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1754) 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 and modern: being the most perfect work of the kind extant. [London: Printed for Thomas Payne ..., ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11028949/.

MLA citation style:

Piles, Roger De, et al. 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 and modern: being the most perfect work of the kind extant. [London: Printed for Thomas Payne ..., ?, 1754] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/11028949/>.