Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
A notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, Lib. II. Xen. de Mem. Soc
Printed in the year 1713
2
Atkinson, Thomas
A conference between a painter and an engraver
1736
3
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
Idea del tempio della pittura
[1590]
4
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica; or, The art of painting
1754
5
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaids to the arts
6
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Essay on the theory of painting
1725
7
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Two discourses
Printed for W. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row,
8
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Seven conferences held in the King of France's cabinet of paintings,
1740
9
Bell, Henry, 1647–1711
An historical essay on the original of painting
1728
10
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Dissertation sur les ouvrages des plus fameux peintres ..
1681
11
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise of painting
1721
12
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
Ricerche sopra le bellezze della pittura
1791
13
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1716
14
Massoul, Constant de
A treatise on the art of painting,
1797
15
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
The works of Jonathan Richardson
1792
16
Laugier, Marc-Antoine, 1711–1769
Manière de bien juger des ouvrages de peinture
1771
17
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Sketches on the art of painting;
1782
18
Imison, John, d. 1788
School of arts
1787
19
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica
1695
20
Kate, Lambert ten, 1674–1731
Ideal beauty in painting and sculpture
1769
21
Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d', 1704–1771
Examen critique des différentes ecoles de peinture,
1768
22
Practical treatise on painting in oil-colours ..
1795
23
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
The works of Anthony Raphael Mengs ..
1796
24
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The art of painting, and the lives of painters
1706
25
Janneck, Franz Christoph
Lettre à un amateur de la peinture
1755
26
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin
1770
27
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Œuvres complètes d'Antoine-Raphaël Mengs ..
1786
28
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Dialogo della pittvra
1557
29
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1758
30
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712–1764
An essay on painting
1764
31
Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718–1786
L'art de peindre
1760
32
Aglionby, William, d. 1705
Choice observations upon the art of painting
1719
33
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The principles of painting ..
1743
34
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
A treatise on painting
1796
35
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
A description of the celebrated pieces of paintings;
1704
36
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
1777
37
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
38
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1764
39
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin: or, A dialogue on painting
1870 [i.e., 1770]
40
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
41
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
An inquiry into the beauties of painting;
1760
42
Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
A critical essay on oil-painting;
1781
43
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
44
Junius, Franciscus, 1589–1677
The painting of the ancients, in three bookes: declaring by historicall observations and examples, the beginning, progresse, and consvmmation of that most noble art. And how those ancient artificers attained to their still so much admired excellencie
1638
45
Harington, Edward, Sir, 1753?-1807
A schizzo on the genius of man
1793
46
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Idée de la perfection de la peintvre
1662
47
Hagedorn, Christian Ludwig von, 1712–1780
Betrachtungen über die mahlerey
1762
48
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
The art of painting,
[1754?]
49
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
The art of painting
1783
50
Graham, Richard, fl. 1680–1720
A short account of the most eminent painters,
[1716]
51
A very proper treatise
1588
52
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Dialogo della pittura
1735
53
A concise introduction to the knowledge of the most eminent painters
1778
54
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712–1764
Saggio sopra la pittura ..
1763
55
Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676
Graphice
1658
56
Cennini, Cennino, active 15th century
Di Cennino Cennini trattato della pittura
1821
57
Bibliothèque municipale de Strasbourg. Manuscript. A.VI.19
The Strasburg manuscript: a medieval painters' handbook;