Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gautier de Montdorge, Antoine, 1701-1768
Title:
L'art d'imprimer les tableaux. Traité d'après les écrits, les opérations & les instructions verbales, de J. C. Le Blon.
Published / Created:
Paris, P. G. Le Mercier [etc.] 1756.
Physical Description:
xi, vi, [2], [xiii]-xxv, [26]-180, [4] p. 3 fold pl. (1 col.) 20 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1855 G3 Copy 1

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1855 G3 Copy 2

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1855 G3 Copy 3

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Approbation" (p. [vii]) signed: Duhamel du Monceau, Gaultier de Montdorge.

"L'harmonie du coloris dans la peinture, réduite en pratique méchanique, & à des régles sures & faciles, par J. C. Le Blon. Nouvelle édition": p. [xiii]-xxv, [26]-71; text in English and French.

"Opérations nécessaires pour graver et imprimer des estampes à l'imitation de la peinture, selon le systême de J. C. Le Blon" p. [73]-134.

Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 13

Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).

BAC : British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1 is in original wrappers; printed leaves from an unidentified work serve as paste-downs. In copies 1 and 2 the "Tables des titres," the "Tables des articles" and the "Approbation" appear at the end, following the "Privilege;" in copy 3, this material is bound at the beginning, following the "Préface de l'éditeur." Copy 3 has the stamp of a Jesuitic order on the t.-p.

BAC : Second plate engraved by P.F. Tardieu after J. Robert.

BAC : Head- and tail-pieces.
Exhibition History:
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
Subject Terms:
Color prints.
Contributors:
Le Blon, J. C., 1667–1741. | Faber Birren Collection (Yale University)