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(John) DrydenBiblio.com

The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden now first collected: with notes and illustrations.

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy; John Dryden [trans]; Richard GrahamBiblio.com

The Art of Painting: by C. A. Du Fresnoy: with Remarks. Translated into English with an Original Preface containing a Parallel before Painting and Poetry. As also a short Account of the most Eminent Painters both Ancient and Modern: by Richard Graham

17501005J7London: Henry Lintot 1750. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 5". Not Stated. A pleasing eighteenth-century third edition of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's Art of Painting translated by John Dryden with contributions by Richard Graham and Alexander Pope. An excellent third edition of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy's The Art of Painting translated by John Dryden ESTC: T1222964. First published in 1695 by W. Rogers in Fleetstreet London. Originally published after de Fresnoy's death in 1668 in Paris by C. Barbin under the title De arte graphica USTC 6133804.Bound in contemporary calf boards rebacked. Illustrated with an engraved frontis and woodcut initials head pieces and additional printer's ornaments. Includes both English and Latin printed annotations in the margins. Signatures run as follows: A8 a-d8 e4 B-Cc8 Dd2. England's first Poet Laureate John Dryden provides a lengthy preface on the parallels between poetry and painting. The work itself is a prose version of du Fresnoy's original poem on his observations on the art of painting written in Latin and edited by du Fresnoy throughout the 1650s.This edition contains supplementary prefatory material published in the 1716 second edition including a dedicatory poem 'To Mr Jervas with Fresnoy's Art of Painting' by Alexander Pope. Charles Jervas is considered to have edited the later editions.The third edition Richard Graham's A Short Account of the most Eminent Painters is included at the rear with a separate title page but continuous pagination. With rebinding this copy would make a superb candidate for collectors of works on historic art theory. Bound in contemporary calf boards rebacked with a reinforced spine. Externally sound. With prominent marks to boards and rubbing to extremities. Evidence of archival repair to the front board. Spine repair significantly cracked with heavily chipped spine label. Additional loss of leather to the head and tail of spine. Offsetting to end paper. A previous owner's ink inscription to the rear free end paper. Hinge notably strained and spine exposed at front board. Signatures K2-M and M2-M7 are held in by a single thread. Scattered spotting throughout occasionally heavier though text remains readable. The odd closed tears to pages. Good Only Henry Lintot hardcover

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