Art. [Aglionby (William)], Painting Illustrated in Three Dia...

Hammer

£180

Art. [Aglionby (William)], Painting Illustrated in Three Dialogues, Containing some Choice Observations upon the Art. Together with The Lives Of the Most Eminent Painters [...], With an Explanation of the Difficult Terms, second edition of the first systematic treatise on the history and criticism of painting in English: also containing the first English translation of eleven of Vasari's Lives, London: Printed by John Gain, for the Author, And are to be Sold by Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1685, imprimatur leaf, black-ruled title-page printed in red and black, [38], 194pp, signatures collating: π⁵ a-c⁴ d² A-Z⁴ ²A-Z⁴ ³A-B⁴ ³C², all before [a4] repaired, some further discreet repairs in places throughout, some contemporary and later manuscript annotations and corrections in places throughout, in-keeping 20th c calf, panelled in blind, six-compartment spine of raised bands, lettering piece in the second, uncut, later endpapers, 4to

Provenance: John Griffiths [of] Bickton (sic; Bicton, South Shropshire); title-page with contemporary 17th c ink MS ownership inscription, some of the annotation apparently in his hand.