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Book/Printed Material Art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters

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Title

  • 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... Translated from the French. To whch is added, An essay towards an English school

Names

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

Created / Published

  • London : C. Marsh, 1744.

Headings

  • -  Painting--Early works to 1800
  • -  Painters--Biography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Painters--Great Britain--Biography

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2604
  • -  English short title catalogue, T122836
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-09-10 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-13 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-13

Medium

  • 430 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ND1130 .P65 1744

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50047458

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Piles, Roger De, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. 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...Translated from the French. To whch is added, An essay towards an English school. London: C. Marsh, 1744. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50047458/.

APA citation style:

Piles, R. D., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1744) 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...Translated from the French. To whch is added, An essay towards an English school. London: C. Marsh. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50047458/.

MLA citation style:

Piles, Roger De, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. 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...Translated from the French. To whch is added, An essay towards an English school. London: C. Marsh, 1744. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/50047458/>.