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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. 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

3. 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

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. 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

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. 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

10. 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

11. 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 ...

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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

12. 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

13. 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.

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Creator:
Payne, John
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
iv, 28 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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 ...

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Date:
1668
Physical Description:
8 p.., 121 p. ill., fold. plates. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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 ...

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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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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 ...

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Date:
[171-?]
Physical Description:
144 p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. 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

24. 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 ...

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Date:
1660
Physical Description:
[5], 20 [i.e. 39] p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. Perspective explained in a series of dialogues between the author's children George, Ann, Eliza and John.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
circa 1820
Physical Description:
1 v. (120 p.) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. 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

33. Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious, in 3 pts. Pt. 1 containing the art of drawing in perspective ... Pt. II containing the art of drawing and painting in water-colours ... Pt. III containing the art of painting in miniature ... to which are added directions for shadowing, stipling, &c. ... likewise the preparation of an excellent polish and shell: the whole taken from some of the best Italian and other masters.

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Date:
1749
Physical Description:
172 p. ill. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The art of painting portraits, landscapes, animals, draperies, satins, &c. in oil colours : practically explained by coloured palettes : with an appendix on cleaning and restoring ancient paintings on panel or canvas / by John Cawse.

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Creator:
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
47 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. 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

36. The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction / by J.G. Chapman.

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Creator:
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808–1889
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
168 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting : illustrated by the technical terms in art : with practical observations on the essential lines and the forms connected with them : adapted to the earliest state of instruction for the use of school or private tuition : to which is added, the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted, and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ; author of "Select gems from the antique".

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Creator:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Principles of effect and colour as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples for the amateur and professional student in art / by G.F. Phillips.

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Creator:
Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
28 p., [1], 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. 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 ancient 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:
1688
Physical Description:
1 p. ., [11], 123 p. front., illus., plates (part fold.) 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. 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

41. 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 ...

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Date:
1757
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. plate. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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.

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Date:
1697
Physical Description:
4 p. ., 160 p. incl. front. 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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.

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Creator:
Osborn, Laughton, 1809–1878
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
xxxiii p. 2 leaves, 398 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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.

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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

54. Practical hints on portrait painting : illustrated by examples from works of Vandyke and other masters / by John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
[iii]-vi, 63, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The art of painting in miniature on ivory : in the manner practised by the most eminent artists in the 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.

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Creator:
Payne, John
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
24 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Introduction to the art of painting in oil colours. By J. Cawse ... With plates, explanatory of the different palettes used in the progress of painting a portrait or landscape.

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Creator:
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-22 p. ill., 7 col. plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. 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

58. A treatise on the art of mezzotinto pencilling : also observations on painting on glass, satin, velvet, and wood / by B.W. Gilbert ; embellished with examples and specimens in the art first named : the work is intended chiefly for pupils in the absence of the master, for governesses, and families who reside in the country and will form a companion to the Hints on Oriental painting by the same author.

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Creator:
Gilbert, B. W
Date:
[183-?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. An accidence, or gamut, of painting in oil / by Julius Caesar Ibbetson.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, Julius, 1759–1817
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
xii, [ix]-xiii, 18 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The English academy : a drawing book containing variety of examples of the external parts of men, women, and childrens bodies : with the shapes of several creatures frequently used amongst heralds, gold-smiths, &c. : likewise the arts of drawing, etching, engraving in copper and wood, painting and limning ... / P.L., H.G., P.R., H.B.

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Creator:
P. L
Date:
1672
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. A series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours : containing directions for sketching from nature, and the application of perspective, progressive lessons in drawing from the tinted sketch to the finished subject, and examples of the introduction of figures, architectural subjects, particular effects, &c. as connected with landscape scenery / by John Clark ; illustrated by fifty-five views from nature, descriptive objects, &c. mounted in imitation of drawings.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
4 pt. : col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The young artist's complete magazine, for the instruction of the young of both sexes, or, A complete body of the polite and useful arts : ... Comprising ... I. The art of designing : II. Complete compendium of colours : III. Painting in miniature, or water colours : IV. Painting in oil colours: V. Painting in crayons : illustrated with 72 copper plate cuts ...

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Date:
[1785?]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 13 x 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Sketches at home and abroad : hints on the acquirement of freedom of execution and breadth of effect in landscape painting : to which are added simple instructions on the proper uses and application of colour / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
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64. The Kingstonian system of painting in dry colours after the ancient Grecian method; a descriptive account is also given of the materials, and where they may be purchased: by William Kingston.

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Creator:
Kingston, William
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
3 p.., [v]-xxx, 51, [1] p. 20 cm.
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65. Elements of drawing and flower painting : in opaque and transparent water-colours / by Mrs. E.E. Perkins ; honored by the especial patronage of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

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Creator:
Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xvi, [1], 18-66, [6] pages, [14] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
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66. The bee, or, The exhibition exhibited in a new light : being a complete catalogue-raisonné of all the pictures : with comments, illustrations, and remarks : in which also will be found the names of the principal portraits ...

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Date:
1788
Physical Description:
[2], 42 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
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67. Practical hints on portrait painting: illustrated by examples from the works of Vandyke and other masters. By John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
iv p., 1 l., 54 p. XII pl. (8 port.) incl. front. 29 cm.
Collection:
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68. The art of painting restored to its simplest and surest principles. Tr. from the German of Libertat[!] Hundertpfund ...

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Creator:
Hundertpfund, Liberat, 1805–1878
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
ix p., 1 l., 122 p. col. front., 23 pl. (partly col.), fold. tab. 19 cm.
Collection:
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69. Principles of effect and colour : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples for the amateur and professional student in art / by G.F. Phillips, member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours.

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Creator:
Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Date:
[ca. 1840]
Physical Description:
30, [2] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
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70. Dirt and pictures separated, in the works of the old masters. By Henry Merritt ...

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Creator:
Merritt, Henry, 1822–1877
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
3 p.., 72 p. 23 cm.
Collection:
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71. A handbook of pictorial art / by the Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt ... ; with a chapter on perspective by A. Macdonald ...

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Creator:
Tyrwhitt, R. St. John (Richard St. John), 1827–1895
Date:
1875
Physical Description:
x, [6], 384 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
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72. The gentlemans exercise, or, An exquisite practise : as well for drawing all manner of beasts in their true portraitures : as also the making of all kinds of colors, to be used in limming, painting, tricking, and blazon of coates, and armes, with divers other most delightfull and pleasurable observations for all young gentlemen and others : as also serving for the necessary use and generall benefit of diuers trades-men and artificers ... / by Henry Peacham ...

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Creator:
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
Date:
1634
Physical Description:
[8], 163 p. : ill., coats of arms ; 19 cm.
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73. A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly : very proper for all to draw after who are willing to excel in the noble arts of painting, engraving, &c.

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Date:
[approximately 1730]
Physical Description:
11 leaves : illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm
Collection:
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74. The first booke of drawing & limning.

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Creator:
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
Date:
circa 1700?
Physical Description:
1 v. (5-129, [1] leaves) : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
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75. The art of drawing, in perspective ... To which are annexed, the art of painting upon glass, and drawing in crayons ... also the art of etching, and that of japanning ... to which is added, a method of casting amber in any form whatever.

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Date:
1763
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. fold. plate. 17 cm.
Collection:
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76. A catechism on the practice of painting in oil : with some account of the nature of fresco painting, painting on glass, enamel, encaustic, and crayon painting / by an artist.

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Creator:
Pinnock, William, 1782–1843
Date:
1821 [i.e. 1823]
Physical Description:
71, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm.
Collection:
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77. 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 adopted for the instructions of females : and suited equally to the simplicity of youth and mental maturity / by Charles Hayter.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xviii, 263 p., [20] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
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78. The manual of oil-painting, for young artists and amateurs : condensed from the works of Bouvier, Merimee, Montabert, and other distinguished Continental artists : with a glossary of terms of art.

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Date:
1847
Physical Description:
128 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
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79. A familiar treatise on perspective : designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry : whereby, in a few days, sufficient of this useful science may be learned, to enable any person, accumstomed to the use of the pencil, to draw landscapes, and the simpler objects of art : with perspective accuracy / by W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
43, [1] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
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80. Rudiments of the painters' art; or, A grammar of colouring, applicable to operative painting, decorative architecture, and the arts. With coloured illustrations and practical instructions concerning the modes and materials of painting, etc. By George Field ...

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Creator:
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
viii, 170 p. col. front., 5 pl. (partly col.) 18 cm.
Collection:
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81. The theory and practice of painting in oil and water colours for landscape and portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles,varnishes, etc., method of painting in wax, or encaustic : remarks on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, etc. : and a manual of lithography : illustrated with plain and coloured plates / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
[i-v], vi-xii, [1], 2-236 p., [12], [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
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82. Chromatography : a treatise on colours and pigments and of their powers in painting / by George Field.

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Creator:
Field, George, 1777?-1854
Date:
[ca. 1840]
Physical Description:
xviii, 424, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
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83. The art of painting, in all its branches, methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters; and their perfections and oversights laid open. By Gérard de Lairesse. Translated by John Frederick Fritsch ...

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Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
1 p.., iv, [10] 654 p. front., LXXI plates (part. fold.) 24 cm.
Collection:
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84. Art's masterpiece: or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil, &c. ... II. The art of making glass ofcrystal, of all sorts and colours, and to prepare the materials ...

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Date:
[170-?]
Physical Description:
166, [2] p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
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85. The art of painting in oil, and in fresco : being a history of various ... by Hubert and John van Eyck, to the present time / translated from the original French treatise of M. J.F.L. Mérimée ; with original observations on the rise and progress of British art ... by W.B. Sarsfield Taylor.

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Creator:
Mérimée, J.-F.-L. (Jean-François-Léonor), 1757–1836
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
xliv, 371, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
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86. The art of painting in oil : wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery ... : the whole treatise being so complete and so exactly fitted to the meanest capacity ... : in which are also particularly laid down all the several circumstances required in painting of sun-dials, printed pictures, sash-windows, &c. in oil colours / by John Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680.
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
112 p., [1] leaf : front. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
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87. Introduction to the art of painting in oil colours / by J. Cawse ; with plates explanatory of the different pallets used in the progress of painting a portrait or landscape.

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Creator:
Cawse, John, 1779–1862
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
22 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
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88. The artist's assistant in drawing, perspective, etching in copper and steel, engraving, metzotinto scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... : containing the easiest and most comprehensive rules for the attainment of those truly useful and polite arts : methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners : illustrated with suitable examples, engraved on copper.

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Date:
1825
Physical Description:
48 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
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89. Practical hints on colour in painting : illustrated by examples from the works of Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 64 p., 8 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
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90. Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors.

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Date:
1838 October 4
Physical Description:
1 sheet (folded) : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
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91. The art of painting : wherein is included the whole art of vulgar painting according to the best and most approved rules for preparing an [sic] laying on of oyl colours : the whole treatise being so full, compleat, and so exactly fitted to the meanest capacity, that all persons whatsoever may by the directions contained therein be sufficiently able to paint in oyl colours not only sun-dials, but also all manner of timber work, whether posts, pales, pallisadoes, gates, doors, windows, wainscotting, border boards for gardens ... / composed by John Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680
Date:
1676
Physical Description:
[16], 84 p., 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
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92. The art of drawing and colouring from nature : birds, beasts, fishes, and insects / by Nathaniel Whittock ... ; with plain and coloured drawings from original paintings by Morland, Vernet, Howet, Le Cave, &c.

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Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
[4], 96 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
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93. Practical hints on colour in painting. Illustrated by examples from the works of the Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools. By John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
ix p., 1 leaf, 64 p
Physical Description:
8 col. plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
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94. Fores's new chalk drawing-book of studies of trees, landscape, animals, figures, buildings, &c. : from original drawings by Le Cave : a most improving work for students, & well selected.

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Creator:
La Cave, P. (Peter)
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
v. : all ill. ; 29 x 48 cm.
Collection:
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95. General rures [sic] for painting in oil and water-colours; washing prints, maps, and mezzitintoes. With the art of japaning. By George Bickham, Junior, engraver.

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Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
20 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
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96. A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting : illustrated by the technical terms in art with practical observations on the essential lines and the forms connected with them ... : to which is added the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ...

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Creator:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
[8], xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
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97. Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting : reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules : together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting / by J.C. le Blon.

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Creator:
Le Blon, J. C., 1667–1741
Date:
[1725]
Physical Description:
[4], vii, [2], 6-27, [1], 7, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
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98. A very proper treatise : wherein is briefly set foorth the art of limming, which teacheth the order in drawing and tracing of leters, vinets, flowers, armes, and imagerye : and the maner how to make sundry syses or groundes to lay siluer or gold vpon, and how siluer or golde shall be layed or limmed vpon the syse, and the waye to temper gold and siluer and other mettals and diuerse kindes of colours to write or to limme withall vppon velym, parchment or paper ...

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Date:
1588
Physical Description:
11, [3] p. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Collection:
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99. The art of drawing and painting in water-colours. Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down, after a natural and easy manner; and youth directed in every thing that relates to this useful art, according to the practice of the best masters ...

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Date:
1755
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. 18 cm.
Collection:
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100. Practical manual of painting in oil colours : in three parts / by Ernest Hareux ; translated by H.B. Hayes ; with numerous illustrations by the author.

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Creator:
Hareux, Ernest, 1847–1909
Date:
[between 1880 and 1895]
Physical Description:
3 parts : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
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