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Book/Printed Material The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures

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Title

  • The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures : collected from the writings of the ablest masters both ancient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others ; furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters

Names

  • Ratcliffe, Thomas, active 1628-1667, printer
  • Daniel, Thomas, active 1669-1670, printer
  • Newman, Dorman, bookseller
  • Jones, Richard, active 1668-1672, bookseller
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by Thomas Ratcliff and Thomas Daniel, for Dorman Newman and Richard Jones, and are to be sold at their shops in Little Britain, near the Lame Hospital Gate, at the Chyrurgeons Arms, and at the Golden Lyon, 1668.

Headings

  • -  Dürer, Albrecht,--1471-1528
  • -  Drawing--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800
  • -  Drawing--Early works to 1800
  • -  Art--Technique--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) R22483
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1513
  • -  LAC scc 2019-09-17 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-01 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 8 p. l., 121 p. illus., fold. pl. 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NC705 .E9 1668
  • ND1130 .F68 Copy 2. With: Freart de Chambray Roland. An idea of the perfection of painting. London, 1668. With the bookplate of Howard C. Levis. Rosenwald collection.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01002699

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Ratcliffe, Thomas, Active , Printer, Thomas Daniel, Dorman Newman, Richard Jones, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures: collected from the writings of the ablest masters both ancient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others ; furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters. London, Printed by Thomas Ratcliff and Thomas Daniel, for Dorman Newman and Richard Jones, and are to be sold at their shops in Little Britain, near the Lame Hospital Gate, at the Chyrurgeons Arms, and at the Golden Lyon, 1668. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/01002699/.

APA citation style:

Ratcliffe, T., Daniel, T., Newman, D., Jones, R., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1668) The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures: collected from the writings of the ablest masters both ancient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others ; furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters. London, Printed by Thomas Ratcliff and Thomas Daniel, for Dorman Newman and Richard Jones, and are to be sold at their shops in Little Britain, near the Lame Hospital Gate, at the Chyrurgeons Arms, and at the Golden Lyon. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/01002699/.

MLA citation style:

Ratcliffe, Thomas, Active , Printer, et al. The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures: collected from the writings of the ablest masters both ancient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others ; furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters. London, Printed by Thomas Ratcliff and Thomas Daniel, for Dorman Newman and Richard Jones, and are to be sold at their shops in Little Britain, near the Lame Hospital Gate, at the Chyrurgeons Arms, and at the Golden Lyon, 1668. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/01002699/>.