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265 - 1 - Pernety, Antoine-Joseph; - A Portable Dictionary of Painting…
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Pernety, Antoine-Joseph; - A Portable Dictionary of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving; with a practical treatise on the various methods of painting, the theory of which is set out in the relevant articles... Paris, Bauche, 1757. In-12, smooth-backed cardboard binding (19th century) – [2 ff.], CXXVIII, 565 pp., [3 pp. errata]. Illustrated with 8 fold-out plates, including a camera obscura. At the end: an alphabetical table of the most famous painters (8 pp.). First edition.
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