[Rarebooks] For Sale: Dryden's edition of Dufresnoy's 'Art of Painting'

[Norman Kane]

DUFRESNOY, CHARLES-ALPHONSE.  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. [JOHN] DRYDEN.  AS ALSO A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE MOST 
EMINENT PAINTERS, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN . . . TO THE PRESENT TIMES 
. . . BY ANOTHER HAND [RICHARD GRAHAM.]   London: Printed by J. 
Heptinstall for W. Rogers, at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in 
Fleetstreet, 1695.  First edition in English.  Quarto, approx. 8 X 6 
inches, old half calf with marbled boards, joints
neatly repaired. [2], lxiv, 355, [1] pages plus extra engraved 
title  by Gribelin after Cooke.  Errata on last page. The "Short 
Account" by Graham has its own title page (on which reference to 
Heptinstall has been omitted) but the pagination is continuous   $550.00

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