[Rarebooks] FS: 1765 Study of Colors for Enamel & Porcelain Painting

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Traite des Couleurs pour la Peinture en Email et sur la
Porcelaine; Precede de lArt de Peindre sur l'Email, et suivi de plusieurs
Memoires sur differents sujets interessants, tels que le travail de la
Porcelaine, l'art du Stuccateur, la maniere dexecuter les Camees & les
autres Pierres figurees, le moyen de perfectionner la composition du verre
blanc & le travail des Glaces, &c.”

By Didier d'Arclais de Montamy.
Published in Paris by G. Cavelier in 1765.

DISCUSSION: An important treatise on colors for enamel and porcelain
painting, with an essay on the art of enamel painting. "D'Arclay was one
of the best chemists of his time...his advice on painting in vitrifiable
colors, which is correct and clear, could not have been better
expressed..." (Solon). A German edition was published in 1767.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 4"x7", 287 pages. Bound into modern boards with a
leather spine label.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor soil, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight
binding.

PRICE:  $500 -

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