A Treatise on the Art of Painting and the Composition of Colours Containing Instructions For All The Various Processes of Painting

by M. Constant De Massoul

$2,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Tree calf with five raised bands and five gilt tooled compartments red morocco lettering piece in second compartment A late eighteenth century practical manual on painting technique, colour preparation, and artists’ materials, published in London by a French colourman for a market of artists and cultivated amateurs. This treatise brings together theory, studio instruction, and technical recipes at a moment when painting and drawing formed a conspicuous part

• Binding: Leather

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