Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent
MDCLXXVI [1676]
2
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The art of painting
1778
3
A very proper treatise,
1573
4
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The art of painting, and the lives of painters
1706
5
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
The works of Jonathan Richardson
1792
6
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
A notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, Lib. II. Xen. de Mem. Soc
Printed in the year 1713
7
Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d', 1704–1771
Examen critique des différentes ecoles de peinture,
1768
8
Practical treatise on painting in oil-colours ..
1795
9
Massoul, Constant de
A treatise on the art of painting,
1797
10
Atkinson, Thomas
A conference between a painter and an engraver
1736
11
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin
1770
12
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1716
13
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
Ricerche sopra le bellezze della pittura
1791
14
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
15
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The art of painting,
[1754?]
16
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
A description of the celebrated pieces of paintings;
1704
17
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
1777
18
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Essay on the theory of painting
1725
19
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The art of painting,
1738
20
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
1760
21
Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
A critical essay on oil-painting;
1781
22
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
23
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin: or, A dialogue on painting
1870 [i.e., 1770]
24
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1764
25
Aglionby, William, d. 1705
Choice observations upon the art of painting
1719
26
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712–1764
An essay on painting
1764
27
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise on painting
1796
28
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Dissertation sur les ouvrages des plus fameux peintres ..
1681
29
Bell, Henry, 1647–1711
An historical essay on the original of painting
1728
30
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaids to the arts
31
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica; or, The art of painting
1754
32
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Seven conferences held in the King of France's cabinet of paintings,
1740
33
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Two discourses
Printed for W. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row,
34
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The principles of painting ..
1743
35
Janneck, Franz Christoph
Lettre à un amateur de la peinture
1755
36
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise of painting
1721
37
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1758
38
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Sketches on the art of painting;
1782
39
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica
1695
40
Laugier, Marc-Antoine, 1711–1769
Manière de bien juger des ouvrages de peinture
1771
41
Imison, John, d. 1788
School of arts
1787
42
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
The works of Anthony Raphael Mengs ..
1796
43
Kate, Lambert ten, 1674–1731
Ideal beauty in painting and sculpture
1769
44
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Œuvres complètes d'Antoine-Raphaël Mengs ..
1786
45
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Dialogo della pittvra
1557
46
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
Idea del tempio della pittura
[1590]
47
Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718–1786
L'art de peindre
1760
48
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Dialogo della pittura
1735
49
A very proper treatise
1588
50
Cennini, Cennino, active 15th century
Di Cennino Cennini trattato della pittura
1821
51
A concise introduction to the knowledge of the most eminent painters
1778
52
Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676
Graphice
1658
53
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712–1764
Saggio sopra la pittura ..
1763
54
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Idée de la perfection de la peintvre
1662
55
Harington, Edward, Sir, 1753?-1807
A schizzo on the genius of man
1793
56
Junius, Franciscus, 1589–1677
The painting of the ancients, in three bookes: declaring by historicall observations and examples, the beginning, progresse, and consvmmation of that most noble art. And how those ancient artificers attained to their still so much admired excellencie