Date
Location
Great Britain
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Reference IDs
ESTC number: R18532
Wing number: D2458
Folger call number: D2458
Folger holdings ID: 129739
Notes
Bibliographic format
quarto
General notes
Translation of: De arte graphica Title page in red and black With an added engraved title page "A short account of the most eminent painters both ancient and modern" has a separate date title page with imprint "... printed for W. Rogers ..." on p. 227; register is continuous
Item information about Folger D2458
10.20.39. Copious manuscript notes; "On the fly leaves is a manuscript copy of Pope's 'To Mr. J[erva]s', and on the margins are notes, largely the additions which were added to the 1716 edition. It has been stated as early as 1885 that the poem to Jervas is in the autograph of Pope, and that the additions are in the autograph of Dryden. [...] P.J. Dobell [...] is skeptical" -DFo catalogue. Provenance: bookplates of George Gostling, Ch: Fairfax Murray, and Percy Dobell; inscription: "Ex dono J: C: Victore"("the initials are said to be those of Charles Jervas reversed." -DFo catalogue)
Also known as
Extended title: 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. Dryden. As also a short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times, according to the order of their succession. By another hand
Alternate titles: Art of painting, Short account of the most eminent painters both ancient and modern
Related names
associated with: Dryden, John, 1631-1700
former owner: Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956