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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• Sale Date:
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326
• Lot #:
  1118
• Lot Description:
  Books On Milizia, Joshua Reynolds & Johnathan Richardson (3)
  [MILIZIA, Francesco] Dell'Arte di vedere nelle belle arti del disegno secondo i principii di Sulzer e di Mengs Bassano, Guiseppe Remondini, 1813.88pp., marble endpapers, 8vo. in 4's, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and unlettered. An excellent copy. A treatise by the theorist and historian of architecture Francesco Milizia (1725-1798) proposing new criteria for judging works of art, based on the aesthetic theories of cyclopaedist Johann Georg Sulzer (1720-1779) and painter Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779). First published in 1781; REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua. [BURNET, John - notes & illustrations] The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds; illustrated by explanatory notes & plates by John Burnet, F.R.S. London, James Carpenter, 1842. First edition thus. Engraved title page with vignette illustration, 11 fine etched and aquatint plates by Burnet after Old Master drawings and paintings, printed in sepia or bistre, iv,(2),279pp., prelim. leaf of adverts., marbled endpapers, 4to., recent 1/2 c
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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