de Arte Graphica; Or, the Art of Painting. Translated from the Original Latin of C. A. Du Fresnoy. with His Life, by the REV. Dr. Thomas Birch, with N - Paperback

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The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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Harvard University Houghton Library

N028427

Translator's dedication signed: James Wills. Parallel English and Latin texts. The titlepage is a cancel. With an errata slip.

London: printed for D. Hookham, and D. Steel, 1765. [4], viii,59, [1]p.; 4