Lot 65: FIELDING, Theodore Henry (1781-1851). On Painting

FIELDING, Theodore Henry (1781-1851). On Painting in Oil and Water Colours, for Landscape and Portraits; including the Preparation of Colours, Vehicles, Oils, &c., Method of Painting in Wax, or Encaustic. London: Ackermann, 1839. Large 8vo (275 x 188mm). Half title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 10 engraved plates including 3 hand-coloured aquatints (a few spots). Contemporary [?original] cloth-backed paper boards with printed label on spine (some rubbing to label). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. RARE.