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PRACTICAL TREATISE ON PAINTING IN THREE PARTS CONSISTING OF HINTS ON COMPOSITION, CHIAROSCURO, AND COLOURING. The Whole Illustrated by Examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools.
Burnet, John

   

- London : Printed for the Proprietor and sold by James Carpenter and Son 1830
- 4to.
- contemporary quarter calf over marbled board (disbound).
- (iv), 31, i-viii, 45, (iv)-xi, 64, 4 pages and a total of 25 plates.
- Order Nr. 1292
- Price: $ 125.00



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Third edition thus. (Abbey 100). Contains 8 colored plates, each showing a number of examples. Covers detached with some foxing and other soiling. Spine covering missing. Spotting along bottom of some pages. A tear along bottom of some pages.

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CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOHN DUKE OF ROXBURGHE.
by Nicol, G. and W. (compilers)

(Blogie III, 11; List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900, 129). 9353 lots. Auction of the collection of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, which commenced May 18, 1812, and continued 41 days thereafter, Sundays excepted, by Robert H. Evans, bookseller on Pall-Mall. Conditions of sale, preface, table of contents, list of abbreviations, order of sale. Catalogue includes title and place and date of publication. Included works on a wide range of disciplines such as theology, jurisprudence, literature, history, antiquities, and genealogy. Realized prices written in ink in margins of text. Boards rubbed and scuffed at edges. Bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's name and notes in ink on title page. A landmark sale catalogue.




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