Lot no. 62
FREART de CHAMBRAY, Roland. - Idée de la perfection de la Peinture démonstrée par les principes de l'art, et par des exemples conformes aux observations que Pline et Quintilien ont faites sur les plus célèbres tableaux des anciens peintres, mis en paralelle à quelques ouvrages de nos meilleurs peintres modernes, Leonard de Vinci, Raphaël, Jules Romain, et le Poussin. Au Mans, De l'Imprimerie de Jacques Ysambart, 1662 - In-4 of (12) ff, 134 pp, (3) ff; green bronze morocco, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons and boxes, triple framing of gilt fillets on the covers, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt lace inside, gilt edges (Binding attributed to Carayon).
First edition.
Published in Le Mans in 1662 by Roland Fréart de Chambray (1606-1676), this work is considered to be one of the first theoretical treatises on painting; it laid the foundations of art criticism in France.
A fine copy in an elegant morocco binding that can be attributed to Carayon.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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