Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent
MDCLXXVI [1676]
2
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The art of painting
1778
3
A very proper treatise,
1573
4
Atkinson, Thomas
A conference between a painter and an engraver
1736
5
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
A notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, Lib. II. Xen. de Mem. Soc
Printed in the year 1713
6
Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d', 1704–1771
Examen critique des différentes ecoles de peinture,
1768
7
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
The works of Anthony Raphael Mengs ..
1796
8
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Œuvres complètes d'Antoine-Raphaël Mengs ..
1786
9
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Dialogo della pittvra
1557
10
Massoul, Constant de
A treatise on the art of painting,
1797
11
Practical treatise on painting in oil-colours ..
1795
12
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Dissertation sur les ouvrages des plus fameux peintres ..
1681
13
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Seven conferences held in the King of France's cabinet of paintings,
1740
14
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
Ricerche sopra le bellezze della pittura
1791
15
Aglionby, William, d. 1705
Choice observations upon the art of painting
1719
16
Bell, Henry, 1647–1711
An historical essay on the original of painting
1728
17
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
18
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Two discourses
Printed for W. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row,
19
Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718–1786
L'art de peindre
1760
20
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1758
21
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712–1764
An essay on painting
1764
22
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1716
23
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaids to the arts
24
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica; or, The art of painting
1754
25
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin
1770
26
Imison, John, d. 1788
School of arts
1787
27
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
28
Laugier, Marc-Antoine, 1711–1769
Manière de bien juger des ouvrages de peinture
1771
29
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Sketches on the art of painting;
1782
30
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
The works of Jonathan Richardson
1792
31
Janneck, Franz Christoph
Lettre à un amateur de la peinture
1755
32
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise of painting
1721
33
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica
1695
34
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
Idea del tempio della pittura
[1590]
35
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The art of painting, and the lives of painters
1706
36
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
A description of the celebrated pieces of paintings;
1704
37
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Essay on the theory of painting
1725
38
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1764
39
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
1777
40
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
41
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The art of painting,
[1754?]
42
Kate, Lambert ten, 1674–1731
Ideal beauty in painting and sculpture
1769
43
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise on painting
1796
44
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The principles of painting ..
1743
45
Harington, Edward, Sir, 1753?-1807
A schizzo on the genius of man
1793
46
Junius, Franciscus, 1589–1677
The painting of the ancients, in three bookes: declaring by historicall observations and examples, the beginning, progresse, and consvmmation of that most noble art. And how those ancient artificers attained to their still so much admired excellencie
1638
47
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The art of painting,
1738
48
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
1760
49
Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
A critical essay on oil-painting;
1781
50
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin: or, A dialogue on painting
1870 [i.e., 1770]
51
A very proper treatise
1588
52
Cennini, Cennino, active 15th century
Di Cennino Cennini trattato della pittura
1821
53
A concise introduction to the knowledge of the most eminent painters
1778
54
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712–1764
Saggio sopra la pittura ..
1763
55
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
56
Graham, Richard, fl. 1680–1720
A short account of the most eminent painters,
[1716]
57
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Dialogo della pittura
1735
58
Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676
Graphice
1658
59
Hagedorn, Christian Ludwig von, 1712–1780
Betrachtungen über die mahlerey
1762
60
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Idée de la perfection de la peintvre
1662
61
Bibliothèque municipale de Strasbourg. Manuscript. A.VI.19
The Strasburg manuscript: a medieval painters' handbook;