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Title

  • Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting : reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules : together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting

Other Title

  • Coloritto
  • Harmony of colouring in painting
  • Added title page title: Harmonie du coloris dans la peinture

Names

  • Le Blon, J. C., 1667-1741.
  • Palmer, Samuel, -1732, printer.
  • Innys, John, bookseller.
  • Innys, William, -1756, bookseller.
  • Anderson, James (M. A.), active 1725, translator.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London] : [Printed by Samuel Palmer], [1725].

Headings

  • -  Color in art
  • -  Painting--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  English and French parallel text and added title page: L'harmonie du coloris dans la peinture ...
  • -  Imprint from ESTC.
  • -  "Translated from the French, by James Anderson, M.A."--R. Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, Edinburgh, 1824.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1741
  • -  English short title catalogue, T115966
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Copies were sold (by W. and J. Innys or by the author) with or without an Appendix containing four additional plates (see The monthly catalogue, v. 2, 1725, p. 51). A facsimilie of the Appendix text (seven pages) is bound with this copy.
  • -  LC copy: Imperfect: uncolored first plate wanting.
  • -  LC copy: Ex libris Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-09-11 update (2 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-31 update (1 card)

Medium

  • vii, 27 p. : 5 plates (4 col.) ; 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ND1486 .L4

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74223678

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Le Blon, J. C, Samuel Palmer, John Innys, William Innys, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting: reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules: together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting. translateds by Anderson, James , Active 1725Lator [London: Printed by Samuel Palmer, 1725] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/74223678/.

APA citation style:

Le Blon, J. C., Palmer, S., Innys, J., Innys, W., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1725) Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting: reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules: together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting. Anderson, J., trans [London: Printed by Samuel Palmer] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74223678/.

MLA citation style:

Le Blon, J. C, et al. Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting: reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules: together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting. trans by Anderson, James , Active 1725Lator [London: Printed by Samuel Palmer, 1725] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74223678/>.