The works of Mr. Jonathan Richardson
Subtitle: consisting of ...
By: all corrected and prepared for the press by his son Mr. J. Richardson
Contributors: Richardson, Jonathan, 1694-1771; Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785, publisher; Goldberg, Gerald M., former owner; Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Publisher: Printed for T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden ...
Published: 1773
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Painting; Early works to 1800; Art criticism
Other titles: Essay on the theory of painting.; Essay on the whole art of criticism as it relates to painting.; Discourse on the dignity, certainty, pleasure and advantage of the science of a connoisseur.
Work titles: Works
Notes: With a half-title and publisher's 2-p. booklist at end.

With editor's dedication and "Preface to the second edition of the Essay on the theory of painting."

First essay with caption-title: "An essay on the theory of painting," first published under that title in 1715. Second essay with section-title: "An essay on the whole art of criticism as it relates to painting;" first published under that title and also under title: "The connoisseur, an essay on the whole art of criticism ..." in author's Two discourses, 1719. Third essay with section-title: "A discourse on the dignity, certainty, pleasure and advantage of the science of a connoisseur," first published in the same collection under that title and under: "An argument in behalf of the science of a connoisseur."

Signatures: [A]⁴ a⁸ b² B-Y⁸ Z⁴ 2A².

Includes bibliographical references.

ESTC T147769
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. The theory of painting; title: II. Essay on the art of criticism, so far as it relates to painting; title: III. The science of a connoisseur