A treatise on ancient painting :
containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans ... : to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters ... : the whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting, discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni, a Roman, lately done from the originals with great exactness and elegance /
by George Turnbull, LL.D.
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- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Printed for the author, and sold by A. Millar ..., 1740.
- Note
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Plates engraved by J. Mynde after Paderni.
Signatures: pi² A²(-A2) a-i² B-3A².
"Books lately published, printed for and sold by A. Millar, over-against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand"--P. [1] at end.
The plates, with descriptive text, were published in 1744 under title: A curious collection of ancient paintings ... engraved from ... drawings, lately done after the originals, by one of the best hands at Rome ... (A 1741 edition is listed by Lowndes under slightly different title).
- Physical Description
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vi, v-xl, 183, [1] p., [60] leaves of plates :
ill. ;
48 cm. (fol.)
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