[Rarebooks] FS: Du Fresnoy's 1716 "The Art of Painting" w/preface by Dryden comparing painting to poetry

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse THE ART OF PAINTING: with Remarks: Translated into English, with an Original Preface, Containing a Parallel Between Painting and Poetry: by Mr. Dryden. As Also a Short Account of the Most Eminent Painters, Both Ancient and Modern: by R. G. [Richard Graham]. The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarg'd. London: Printed for Bernard Lintott. 1716. 8vo. (16),lxviii,(4),397,(7)pp. Indices. Title page printed in red & black. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece and armorial headpiece, both by S. Gribdin jun. Cont. paneled calf with calf spine label, hinges starting, but still holding nicely. Engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown.    $375.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first English edition of 1695 is 355pp.

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