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1. A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.
Creator:
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
viii, 38, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching : to which are added 31 copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry / collected out of the most eminent Italian, German and Netherland authors by Alexander Browne ...

Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching : to which are added 31 copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry / collected out of the most eminent Italian, German and Netherland authors by Alexander Browne ...
Creator:
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Date:
1675
Physical Description:
[8], 110, [2], [4], 39, [2] p., [31] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The art of dravving vvith the pen, and limming in water colovrs, more exactlie then heretofore tavght and enlarged: with the true manner of painting vpon glasse, the order of making your furnace, annealing, &c. ... By H. Pecham ...

The art of dravving vvith the pen, and limming in water colovrs, more exactlie then heretofore tavght and enlarged: with the true manner of painting vpon glasse, the order of making your furnace, annealing, &c. ... By H. Pecham ...
Creator:
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
Date:
1607
Physical Description:
4, 70 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...
Date:
1647
Physical Description:
[3], 18 [i.e. 33] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Day-light : a recent discovery in the art of painting : with hints on the philosophy of the fine arts, and on that of the human mind, as first dissected by Emanuel Kant / by Henry Richter.

Day-light : a recent discovery in the art of painting : with hints on the philosophy of the fine arts, and on that of the human mind, as first dissected by Emanuel Kant / by Henry Richter.
Creator:
Richter, Henry, 1772–1857
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], ix, [1], 67, [1] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A treatise on Ackermann's superfine water colours : with directions how to prepare and use them : including succinct hints on drawing and painting.

A treatise on Ackermann's superfine water colours : with directions how to prepare and use them : including succinct hints on drawing and painting.
Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
24 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A very proper treatise, wherein is briefly sett forthe the arte of limming, which teacheth the order in drawing & tracing of letters, vinets, flowers, armes ... never put in printe before this time.

A very proper treatise, wherein is briefly sett forthe the arte of limming, which teacheth the order in drawing & tracing of letters, vinets, flowers, armes ... never put in printe before this time.
Date:
1573
Physical Description:
xii l. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass or, The young man's time well spent.

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Date:
1731
Physical Description:
21, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting : in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : illustrated by appropriate plates and diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry, and a compendium of genuine instruction, comprising a progressive and complete body of information, carefully adapted for the instruction of females, and suited equally to the simplicity of youth and mental maturity / by Mr. Hayter, portrait painter, in miniature and crayons, and teacher of the principal elements of the art.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xi, [5], 197, [3] p., [xvii] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The principles of design : for the curious young gentleman and ladies, who study and practice the noble and commendable art of drawing, colouring and japanning : or a new and complete drawing book consisting of [a] variety of whole figures in divers positions, and all the several parts of the human body from head to foot, &c. in fifty copper-plates, neatly engraved: designed chiefly for young beginners, very necessary and useful for all drawing-schools, boarding-schools, &c. ; to which is prefixed An introduction to drawing ... / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerrard de Lairesse.

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Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
1777
Physical Description:
58 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 13 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A treatise on the art of painting, and the composition of colours, containing instructions for all the various processes of painting. Together with observations upon the qualities and ingredients of colours. Translated from the French of M. Constant de Massoul.

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Creator:
Massoul, Constant de
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
1 p.., v, [7]-242 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The practice of painting and perspective made easy: in which is contained, the art of painting in oil, with the method of colouring ... and a new ... account of the art of perspective, illustrated with copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Vivares. By Thomas Bardwell ...

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Creator:
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767
Date:
1756
Physical Description:
2 p.., [iii]-v, 64 p. VI plates. 26 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious, of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil ... II. The art of making glass of crystal ...

No cover image available
Date:
[171-?]
Physical Description:
144 p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. [Claude glass].

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Date:
[ca. 1880?]
Physical Description:
1 Claude glass : dark-tinted mirror, in a hinged cloth-covered wooden case ; 24 x 15 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Useful hints on drawing and painting; intended to facilitate the improvement of young persons. By J.C. Burgess ...

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Creator:
Burgess, John Cart, 1798–1863
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
vii, 54 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. [Claude glass].

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Date:
[ca. 1780?]
Physical Description:
1 Claude glass : dark-tinted mirror, in a hinged paper-covered wooden case ; 15 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

No cover image available
Date:
[1698]
Physical Description:
[3], 21 [i.e. 40] p. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape : for the use of those who are desirous of gaining some knowledge of the pleasing art of painting in water colours : to which are added some clear and simple rules, exemplified by suitable sketches and more finished painting : as this work is chiefly intended for the mere beginner, the rules are both familiar and progressive : to which are added, instructions for executing transparencies, in a style both novel and easy / by James Roberts.

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Creator:
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The art of painting in miniature, on ivory, in the manner at present practiced by the most eminent artists in that profession : also, instructions for painting in wax crayons : ... to which is annexed, the art of burnished gilding on glass in a variety of branches ... / by John Payne.

No cover image available
Creator:
Payne, John
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
iv, 28 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The art of painting in oil colours : rendered familiar to every capacity : extracted from the works of the most eminent masters of the Italian, Flemish and English schools, but principally from Mr. Bardwell : together with an explanation of the method of mixing the colours to the various teints used for portraits, landscapes, &c. with various recipes and the best methods of cleaning old paintings ... / by the author of The art of drawing in perspective.

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Creator:
Laurie, Richard Holmes
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
36 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 16 p., [20] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Field's chromatography. A treatise on colours and pigments for the use of artists / modernized by J. Scott Taylor ...

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Creator:
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
viii, 207, [1], 4 p., 4 leaves of col. plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Chromatography, or, A treatise on colours and pigments : and of their powers in painting, &c. / by George Field.

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Creator:
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xix, 276 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Handbook of young artists and amateurs in oil painting, being chiefly a condensed compilation from the celebrated manual of Bouvier ... appended. A new explanatory and critical vocabulary, by an American artist.

No cover image available
Creator:
Osborn, Laughton, 1809–1878
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
xxxiii p. 2 leaves, 398 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The painter's primer : in familiar rhyme, without notes : containing the most approved methods for beginners in the art progressively laid down, and peculiarly adapted for the purpose of a Vade-Mecum to practitioners in every branch of painting / by an Experienced Artist.

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Creator:
Experienced artist
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[2], 43 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Grammar to flower-painting : being a concise, plain, and easy method for amateurs to attain the rudiments of the science without the help of a master : in ten plates, coloured / from drawings by J. Sillett.

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Creator:
Sillett, James, 1764–1840
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
[10] leaves : all ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Flowers from nature : with the botanical name, class, and order ; and instructions for copying : lithographed and coloured from drawings / by Anne Everard ; dedicated, by permission, to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

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Creator:
Everard, Anne
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[8] p., 13 leaves, 13 leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Art's masterpiece. Or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. Containing, I. The arr [!] of limning and painting in oil, &c. ... By C. K.

No cover image available
Date:
1697
Physical Description:
4 p. ., 160 p. incl. front. 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children : accompanied with illustrative plates, appropriate diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : to which is added, A compendium of genuine instruction in the art of drawing and painting : the whole comprising a body of information, adapted equally to the simplicity of youth, and to mental maturity ... / by Mr. Hayter ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
viii, 168 p., [1], XIV leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Miniatura; or, The art of limning, by Edward Norgate; ed. from the manuscript in the Bodleian library and collated with other manuscripts by Martin Hardie.

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Creator:
Norgate, Edward, d. 1650
Date:
1919
Physical Description:
xxix, 111, [1] p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Ars pictoria; or, An academy treating of drawing, painting, limning, and etching. To which are added thirty copper plates expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symetry. Collected out of the most eminent Italian, German, and Neanderthal authors. By Alexander Browne ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Date:
1669
Physical Description:
4 p.l., 110, [2] p. front. (port.) plates. 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Transparency painting on linen : for decorative purposes, panoramic and dioramic effects, ornamental blinds, &c., with instructions for the preparation of the linen, the combination and transfer of ornamental designs, combined surfaces, &c. / by W. Williams ; with illustrations by Charles Sibley ; engraved by Dalziel.

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Creator:
Williams, W
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-52 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. On painting in oil and water colours, for landscape and portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles, oils &c., methods of painting in wax, or encaustic : also on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, and on the best methods of cleaning and repairing old paintings, &c. ... / by T. H. Fielding ...

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
viii, 159 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26-28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

No cover image available
Date:
1660
Physical Description:
[5], 20 [i.e. 39] p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Practical guide to scene painting and painting in distemper : with illustrations drawn by the author.

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Creator:
Lloyds, F
Date:
[1875]
Physical Description:
vi, 97 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. [Claude glass].

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1860-1870?]
Physical Description:
1 Claude glass : dark-tinted mirror, in a hinged cloth-covered wooden case ; 24.5 x 19 x 2.5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning. Painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures ... Collected from the writings of the ablest masters, both antient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others. Furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters ...

No cover image available
Date:
1668
Physical Description:
8 p.., 121 p. ill., fold. plates. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The young ladies school of arts : containing a great variety of practical receipts, in gum-flowers, filligree, japanning, shell-work, gilding ... : also a great many curious receipts both useful and entertaining, never published / by Mrs. Hannah Robertson.

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Creator:
Robertson, Hannah
Date:
1777
Physical Description:
xx, [2], 182 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The artist, or, Young ladies' instructor in ornamental painting, drawing, &c. ... By B.F. Gandee ...

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Creator:
Gandee, B. F
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
3 p.., [v]-vii, 253, [3] p. col. front., ill., plates, diagrs. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Lessons in flower painting. : a series of easy and progressive studies, drawn and coloured after nature. / by James Andrews.

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Creator:
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:
[1836]
Physical Description:
4 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The elements of flower and fruit painting / illustrated with engravings by T.L. Busby ; from studies after nature by Madame Vincent.

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Creator:
Busby, T. L. (Thomas Lord)
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
[32] leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

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Date:
[between 1782 and 1807]
Physical Description:
32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 10 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The art of drawing, in perspective ... To which are annexed, the art of painting upon glass, and drawing in crayons ... to which is added, a method of casting amber ...

No cover image available
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. plate. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The art of drawing and colouring from nature : flowers, fruit, and shells : to which is added correct directions for preparing the most brilliant colours for painting on velvet : with the mode of using them : also the new method of oriental tinting / by Nathaniel Whittock ... ; with plain and coloured drawings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[4], 96 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The art of drawing and colouring from nature : birds, beasts, fishes, and insects / by Nathaniel Whittock.

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Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
[184-?]
Physical Description:
[48] leaves, [1], 100 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Practical hints on composition in painting. Illustrated by examples from the great masters of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools. By John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
4 p. ., [7]-31 p. 9 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The art of painting in oyl : wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery : containing the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing, and working in oyl colours ... / by John Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680
Date:
1687
Physical Description:
[12], 100 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The art of painting in miniature ... Translated from the original French. To which are now added I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest colours ... II. Some ... lessons for the art of drawing ... III. The usefulness and benefit of prints.

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Date:
1752
Physical Description:
150 p. 2 plates. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Practical hints on composition in painting : illustrated by examples from the great masters of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
[1], 31 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts