[Rarebooks] FS: Newly Added- 1845 Painting Collectors Guide

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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RECENT ACQUISITIONS FOR SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
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White, Robert. TREATISE ON THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO AMATEURS IN
PICTURES. Translated and Abridged from the French of M. Francois-Xavier de
Burtin.

London; Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: 1845.

The main text remains as close to the author’s 1808 original as White was
able to come, and begins with a lengthy discussion of what makes a good
picture before moving on to how to judge pictures, how to judge a
picture’s state of preservation, how to recognize copies, how to analyze
and describe a picture, a description of the principal schools of
painting, classification of pictures by subject, why 16th and 17th century
pictures are superior to 18th century works, the differing manners of the
Masters, signatures, DePile’s ‘Balance of Painters’, cleaning pictures,
varnishes, remarks on public galleries in Europe, and how to form a
private collection.

The original edition, published in Brussels, also contained an extensive
and detailed catalog of the personal picture collection of M. Burtin,
which White judged to have not been of sufficient interest to his English
readers to warrant the expense of including here. White has also updated
some material to reflect current scholarship, and has added information
concerning prices realised at auction for pictures in major collections in
France over the prior hundred years.

Hardcover. 6”x9”, x + 338 pages, 3 lithographed plates, 1 tinted;
publisher’s dark green embossed cloth with gilt spine title; covers a bit
worn and rubbed, tips soft, some internal foxing and discoloration,
including to the plates. [09490] $200.00


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