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London] : Sold by T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall ; J. Debrett, Piccadilly ; R. Faulder, and W. Miller, 1792-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Quarto. vi, 287 pp., 11 of 12 plates on pink tinted paper. Contemporary calf, original spine reacked on modern cloth. Wear to edges, chipping to spine, darkening to leather. Marginal dampstain throughout. Foxing and soiling to plates. Dampstain prominent on plates, affecting engraving of last plate. A reading copy.

1792. A New Edition, Corrected, with the Additions of An Essay on the Knowledge of Prints, and Cautions to Collectors. Hardcover. G (Marks from a variety of previous owners; some foxing to select pages; book block must have been rebound once, and only 9 of the 12 original plates on pink paper were stitched in as part of that process. Comparing this copy to a scanned one shows that the missing images are of Pietro da Cortona, Peter Paul Rubens, and Anthony Van Dyck.). Three-quarters brown & white paper boards with brown leather corners and spine, gilt letters on spine, gilt top edges, 287 pp., 9 of expected 12 BW plates. Title on spine: Richardson on Painting. A later reprint of essays first written by Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745) in the early 1700s, and considered to be the first such writings in English which addressed artistic theory. Enhanced by occasional BW plates of representative artists. A classic.