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A scarce two volume edition collecting together the artistic writings of Neoclassical painter Anton Raphael Mengs. Complete in two volumes, the scacer edition by Pagliarini, who also published an edition in one volume.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.In Italian.The collected writings by the noted eighteenth century Neoclassical painter Anton Raphael Mengs.Mengs' writings were all on the theory of art, and on the lives of eminent painters throughout history. This includes his 1762 'Reflections on Beauty and Taste in Painting', an influential treatise which inspired the artistic society of his day. His other writings includes 'Reflections on the Three Great Painters Raphael, Correggio, and Titian, and on the Ancients', 'Practical Painting Lessons', 'Reflection on the Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid', a selection of letters written to Antonio Ponz, 'Dreams on Beauty', and more.As an artist, Mengs painted many of the important figures of his day, such as Charles IV of Spain, Maria Luisa of Spain, and Johann Joachim Winckelmann, as well as striking religious and mythological scenes of figures such as Helios and St. John the Baptist.Including a life of Mengs by Jose Nicolas d'Azara, edited by Carlo Fea.Collated, complete. In the original vellum binding. Externally, generally smart. Vellum is discoloured, as is usual to see, heavier to the spines. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Chip and lifting to the fore edge of the rear board of Volume I. Heavier patch of discolouration to the rear board of Volume II. A few small chips to the vellum, mostly to the spines and joints. Hinges are tender. Front endpapers are detached and edge worn. Lacking the paper to the rear paste downs. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Dampstain to the first few pages of Volume I, with amateur repairs from the half-tile to page xvi. Frontispiece and page xxix of Volume I are detached but present, as if the half-title, frontispiece, and title of Volume II. Mark to the bottom edge of the first half of the text and final few pages of Volume II. Good Only.
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