The art of painting, in all its branches
Subtitle: methodically demonstrated by discourses and plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters, and their perfections and oversights laid open
By: by Gerard de Lairesse ; translated by John Frederick Fritsch, painter
Contributors: Fritsch, John Frederick
Publisher: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Brotherton ... [and 17 others]
Published: 1738
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 654
Subjects: Painting; Early works to 1800; Technique; Art; Composition (Art)
Work titles: Groot schilderboek
Notes: Signatures: a-b⁴ A-4N⁴.

Final leaf: instructions to the binder and errata.

Illustrated with engraved plates by J. Carwitham after Lairesse.

Library's c.1 is bound in library buckram; gilt red leather label on spine; former owner's signature on title-page.

Library's c.2 is bound in old calf; respined; former owner's inscription on front pastedown; former owner's signatures on title-page; this copy lacks the final leaf.