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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 192

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An Idea of the Perfection of Painting: Demonstrated from the Principles of Art, 8vo (4)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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FREART (ROLAND)

An Idea of the Perfection of Painting: Demonstrated from the Principles of Art, first English edition, translated by John Evelyn, shaved touching signature mark on one leaf, short tear to margin of another leaf, rebacked in calf [ESTC R8804], Henry Herringman, 1668--FRESNOY (CHARLES ALPHONSE DU) The Art of Painting. Translated into English Verse by William Mason, M.A. With Annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds, binder's label of Mckenzie, spine elaborately tooled with red morocco lettering label, Dublin, Whitestone, 1788--[MARTYN (THOMAS) The English Connoisseur; Containing an Account of Whatever is Curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c., 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, l. Davis and L. Reymer, 1766, all contemporary calf, 8vo (4)

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Provenance: First work, John Towneley (1731-1813), armorial bookplate; G.L. Keynes, inscription dated 1916; Second work, Marcus Gage.

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