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1. The principles of design : for the curious young gentleman and ladies, who study and practice the noble and commendable art of drawing, colouring and japanning : or a new and complete drawing book consisting of [a] variety of whole figures in divers positions, and all the several parts of the human body from head to foot, &c. in fifty copper-plates, neatly engraved: designed chiefly for young beginners, very necessary and useful for all drawing-schools, boarding-schools, &c. ; to which is prefixed An introduction to drawing ... / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerrard de Lairesse.

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Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
1777
Physical Description:
58 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 13 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass or, The young man's time well spent.

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Date:
1731
Physical Description:
21, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The practice of painting and perspective made easy: in which is contained, the art of painting in oil, with the method of colouring ... and a new ... account of the art of perspective, illustrated with copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Vivares. By Thomas Bardwell ...

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Creator:
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767
Date:
1756
Physical Description:
2 p.., [iii]-v, 64 p. VI plates. 26 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious, of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil ... II. The art of making glass of crystal ...

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Date:
[171-?]
Physical Description:
144 p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Claude glass].

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Date:
[ca. 1780?]
Physical Description:
1 Claude glass : dark-tinted mirror, in a hinged paper-covered wooden case ; 15 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A treatise on the art of painting, and the composition of colours, containing instructions for all the various processes of painting. Together with observations upon the qualities and ingredients of colours. Translated from the French of M. Constant de Massoul.

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Creator:
Massoul, Constant de
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
1 p.., v, [7]-242 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The bee, or, The exhibition exhibited in a new light : being a complete catalogue-raisonné of all the pictures : with comments, illustrations, and remarks : in which also will be found the names of the principal portraits ...

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Date:
1788
Physical Description:
[2], 42 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

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Date:
[between 1782 and 1807]
Physical Description:
32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 10 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The art of painting in oil : wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery ... : the whole treatise being so complete and so exactly fitted to the meanest capacity ... : in which are also particularly laid down all the several circumstances required in painting of sun-dials, printed pictures, sash-windows, &c. in oil colours / by John Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680.
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
112 p., [1] leaf : front. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. L'art de dessiner / par Jean Cousin ; revu, corrigé et augmenté de plusieurs morceaux d'après l'antique ; avec leurs mesures & proportions ; d'une description exacte des os & muscles du corps humain, & de leurs offices & usages ; avec une instruction facile pour apprendre à dessiner toutes ces figures, selon les différens aspects qu'elles peuvent avoir.

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Creator:
Cousin, Jehan, ca. 1522–ca. 1593
Date:
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description:
72 p. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The art of painting, in all its branches, methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters; and their perfections and oversights laid open. By Gérard de Lairesse. Translated by John Frederick Fritsch ...

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Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
1 p.., iv, [10] 654 p. front., LXXI plates (part. fold.) 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Art's masterpiece: or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil, &c. ... II. The art of making glass ofcrystal, of all sorts and colours, and to prepare the materials ...

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Date:
[170-?]
Physical Description:
166, [2] p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly : very proper for all to draw after who are willing to excel in the noble arts of painting, engraving, &c.

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Date:
[approximately 1730]
Physical Description:
11 leaves : illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The art of drawing, in perspective ... To which are annexed, the art of painting upon glass, and drawing in crayons ... to which is added, a method of casting amber ...

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Date:
1757
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. plate. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The young artist's complete magazine, for the instruction of the young of both sexes, or, A complete body of the polite and useful arts : ... Comprising ... I. The art of designing : II. Complete compendium of colours : III. Painting in miniature, or water colours : IV. Painting in oil colours: V. Painting in crayons : illustrated with 72 copper plate cuts ...

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Date:
[1785?]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 13 x 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The art of painting in miniature ... Translated from the original French. To which are now added I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest colours ... II. Some ... lessons for the art of drawing ... III. The usefulness and benefit of prints.

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Date:
1752
Physical Description:
150 p. 2 plates. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious, in 3 pts. Pt. 1 containing the art of drawing in perspective ... Pt. II containing the art of drawing and painting in water-colours ... Pt. III containing the art of painting in miniature ... to which are added directions for shadowing, stipling, &c. ... likewise the preparation of an excellent polish and shell: the whole taken from some of the best Italian and other masters.

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Date:
1749
Physical Description:
172 p. ill. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The young ladies school of arts : containing a great variety of practical receipts, in gum-flowers, filligree, japanning, shell-work, gilding ... : also a great many curious receipts both useful and entertaining, never published / by Mrs. Hannah Robertson.

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Creator:
Robertson, Hannah
Date:
1777
Physical Description:
xx, [2], 182 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting : reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules : together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting / by J.C. le Blon.

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Creator:
Le Blon, J. C., 1667–1741
Date:
[1725]
Physical Description:
[4], vii, [2], 6-27, [1], 7, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The art of drawing, in perspective ... To which are annexed, the art of painting upon glass, and drawing in crayons ... also the art of etching, and that of japanning ... to which is added, a method of casting amber in any form whatever.

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Date:
1763
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. fold. plate. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil ... II. The art of making glass of chrystal ...

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Date:
[1710?]
Physical Description:
124 p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. General rures [sic] for painting in oil and water-colours; washing prints, maps, and mezzitintoes. With the art of japaning. By George Bickham, Junior, engraver.

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Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
20 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The art of drawing and painting in water-colours. Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down, after a natural and easy manner; and youth directed in every thing that relates to this useful art, according to the practice of the best masters ...

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Date:
1755
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts