L'Art de Peinture de Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy,

Traduit en François, Avec des remarques necessaires & tres-amples.

by Charles Alphonse Dufresnoy

translated by [Roger de Piles] 

First edition, in French and Latin.  Paris:  François Muguet for Nicolas l'Anglois, 1668  

Hardback is overall in GOOD+ condition.

• Mottled calf covers with raised bands and gilt at spine. 
• Boards show some wear, aging, scuffing, splitting at shoulders, edgewear.  Corners are worn, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has raised bands, traces of gilt text and ornament, with chipped ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is secure. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some staining, wear, writing; front pastedown partially missing.  See photos.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits staining to first fifty pages, some smudges, a little creasing.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have remnants of red ink. 
• PS2026.0212

167 pages. 4.75 x 7.25 inches

First edition.  Contemporary mottled calf boards with gilt edges, raised bands and gilt ornament and title at the spine.  French translation by Roger de Piles of Dufresnoy's didactic poem De arte graphica.  Woodblock ornaments throughout, text printed in Italic and Roman fonts.  Boards show age and wear, interior has damp stains over first fifty pages.  AS IS Good Plus condition.  Please examine photos for details.

Charles Alphonse Dufresnoy (1611-1665) composed his didactic poem De arte graphica during his extensive stay in Rome in the 1630s and 1640s.  It first circulated in manuscript, but was not printed until after his death.  The translation is by Roger de Piles (1635-1709), a friend of Dufresnoy.  Two editions appeared in 1668:  this parallel text edition, and a printing of just the Latin text.

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