Painting popularly explained : including fresco, oil, tempera, mosaic, encaustic, water-colour, miniature, missal, painting on pottery, porcelain, enamel, glass, &c., with historical sketches of the progress of the art
1859, First Edition. London : Kent and Co. Very good copy in a contemporary binding of full leather. Corners bumped; spine gilt-tooled with raised bands, slightly rubbed along with joints and endbands. All edges gilt. Marble endpapers; prize label mounted on front pastedown. Preliminary and final leaves foxed, with the interior remaining strong and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Item #475991
Physical description; x, 326 pages, 1 leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm. Notes; Engraved title page. Printed by Savill and Edwards. Includes index. Contents; Painting in tempera – Wax painting, or encaustic – Tempera and encaustic in antiquity and the Middle Ages – Mosaic painting – Missal and other manuscript illuminations: miniature painting on ivory, and enamel, painting on pottery, etc. – Fresco painting – Oil painting – Painting in water colours. Subjects; Painting – History. Painting – Technique. Decoration and ornament – Great Britain. Art history. 19th century. Illustrated. Engraved title page. Reference.
Price: €60.00