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RICHARDSON, Jonathan

An Essay on the Theory of Painting

London
W. Bowyer for John Churchill
1715

€160 - €220

8vo, 240 pp, bound in red morocco, richly gilt boards and spine, hinges slightly rubbed, darker stain in one corner, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers

This work is regarded as the first significant work of artistic theory in English and is reputed to have inspired both Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds

Arts