Lot 3815: Testelin, Henri (1616-1695). , The sentiments of the most excellent painters concerning the practice of painting; collected and composed in tables of precepts... Translated into English... London: Samuel Smith and Edward Hall in Cambridge, 1688

Name: Testelin, Henri (1616-1695). , The sentiments of the most excellent painters concerning the practice of painting; collected and composed in tables of precepts... Translated into English... London: Samuel Smith and Edward Hall in Cambridge, 1688
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: t0kqvmu057

Est: £500 GBP - £700 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 30, 2007

Item Overview

Description

oblong folio (285 x 380mm.), ff. [10], illustration : 3 engraved plates, binding : contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, plates a little creased, binding rubbed and scraped, joints cracking

Artist or Maker

Henri Testelin

Literature

Wing T803

Notes

This copy has an extra plate depicting Jesus College Cambridge, signed "T.M.", who was also the translator of this work.

Auction Details

The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield Part Ten: Applied Arts and Sciences, including Military and Naval Works

Sotheby's

October 30, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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