[BOUTET (Claude)]. The School of Miniature Painting: Or, The - Lot 173

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[BOUTET (Claude)]. The School of Miniature Painting: Or, The - Lot 173
[BOUTET (Claude)]. The School of Miniature Painting: Or, The Art of Learning to Paint Without a Master, and the Secrets of Creating the Most Beautiful Colors. New, expanded edition. Paris, Musier, 1769, in-12, 1f.-VIpp.-5ff.n.ch.-179pp.—A small intaglio engraving as a vignette. Contemporary binding in root-textured fawn sheepskin, smooth spine with decorative lettering, title label, red edges. — Corners slightly bumped, minor scuffing on the binding, a few small foxing spots. This famous work, first published in 1672 under the title *Traité de la Mignature*, was reprinted about ten times during the 18th century. It contains information on tempera, oil painting, enamel, and glass painting techniques, as well as frescoes, damascening, and “On the Origin and Progress of Painting”… (Barbier II, 15).
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