Dufresnoy, L'art de peinture, Paris, 1684, contemporary French calf

DUFRESNOY, CHARLES-ALPHONSE. L'Art de Peinture de C.A. Du Fresnoy, Traduit en François. Enrichy de Remarques, reveu, corrigé, & augmenté. Troisième edition. Paris: Nicolas Langlois, 1684 [bound with:]

LECLERC, SÉBASTIEN. Figures d'Academie pour aprendre à desiner. Gravées par Sebastien Le Clerc. Paris: Nicolas Langlois, [1673]

Third edition of Dufresnoy's treatise in Roger de Piles' translation, bound with the plates that were produced to accompany the second edition of 1673.

2 works in one volume, 12mo (166 x 85 mm). 1st work: 25 lines plus headline, parallel French and Latin text. Collation: â⁶ A-Cc^8.4: 174 leaves (last leaf blank). Engraved vignette on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces 2nd work: Engraved title-page, 31 engraved plates. 

Binding: Contemporary calf (171 x 97 mm), spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece, red speckled edges. (Joints starting to crack.)

Acquisition: Purchased in 2012 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. References: Maxime Préaud, Inventaire du fonds français: Graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Sébastien Leclerc (Paris 1980), nos. 1055-1086