A book of dravving, limning, vvashing or colouring of maps and prints
Subtitle: and The art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers, or, The young-mans time well spent ...
Publisher: Printed by M. Simmons for Thomas Jenner ...
Published: 1652
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Drawing; Study and teaching; Early works to 1800; Painting; Technique; Baroque Glass painting and staining; Human figure in art
Other titles: Art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers.; Young-mans time well spent.; Booke of the art of drawing according to ye order of Albert Dures, Jean Cozijn and other excellent picture-makers.
Work titles: Book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints
Notes: Signatures: [A]1, A² [B]-[D]² E-L².

The frontispiece port., engraved by Francis Delaram after Hans Rottenhammer, has separate title and imprint (partly obliterated): A booke of the art of drawing according to ye order of Albert Durer, Jean Cozijn and other excellent picture-makers ... [London] : Are to be sould by Thomas Geele ...

The frontispiece port. and leaves [2]-[20] contain engravings with letterpress text on the obverse; the ill., engraved by Robert Vaughan, are numbered 1-19, but in this edition are printed in order 1, 2, 5, 16, 12, 15, 10, 19, [4?], 17, 18, [7?], 8, 9, 14, 3, 6, 13 and 11.

The text in this edition is the same as that of editions with title "Albert Durer revived."

Based on Dürer's Vier Bücher von menschlichen Proportion, and Cousin's Vraye science de la pourtraicture. Cf. Hind.

Hind, A.M. Engraving in England, II, 233-234

Wing (2nd ed.) A875A