Catalog Record: De arte graphica. The art of painting

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De arte graphica. The art of painting, by C. A. Du Fresnoy. With remarks. Translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry. By Mr. Dryden. As also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times ... By another hand.

Main Author:	Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse, 1611-1665.
Other Authors:	Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Graham, Richard, active 1680-1720.
Language(s):	English ; Latin
Published:	London : Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers, 1695.
Subjects:	Painting > Early works to 1800. Painters.
Note:	Added t.-p., engr. Includes the original poem in Latin, with title: De arte graphica liber. Rendered into English from the French translation by R. de Piles. "A short account of the most eminent painters" ... [by R. Graham] has special t.-p.
Physical Description:	2 p.L., lxxiv, 355, [1] p. 24 cm.
Original Format:	Book
Original Classification Number:	ND1130 .D8 1695
Locate a Print Version:	Find in a library

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