LOT 3216
24th April 2024
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LOT 3216
BROWNE, Alexander. Ars Pictoria: Or an Academy Treating of Drawing, Painting, Limning, Etching. London: J. Redmayne, 1669. Folio (311 x 196mm.) Title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 28 engraved plates mostly after Arnold de Jode, extra-illustrated with 17 engraved plates mounted verso original plates. (Lacking 2 original plates, frontispiece with marginal loss, leaves before A1 detached and twenty plates to rear loose, some with loss to margins.) Disbound. Note: Alexander Browne was a versatile figure in the London art world of the late 17th century. He was a printmaker, an auctioneer, a dealer, an artist and art tutor, and he also played a role in the commercial development of the mezzotint in London. [Wing 5097.] – And a further two volumes (including George Brown’s ‘Arithmetica Infinita, or The Accurate Accountant’s Best Companion’, 1717-1718, oblong 32mo) (3).
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