Joshua Reynolds' copy.- Malvasia (Carlo Cesare) Felsina pittrice. Vite de pittori bolognesi, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-title, 50 full-page woodcut portraits, in elaborate frames (8 of which are left blank despite the name being included beneath), woodcut illustrations, lacking approbation f., contemporary blind-stamped panelled vellum, joints split, lower cover stained, 4to, Bologna, Heir of Barbieri for Giovanni Francesco Davico, 1678. ⁂ Sir Joshua Reynolds' copy (with his signature to head of first title) of this important history of modern Bolognese painting. Reynolds (1723-1792) English painter and a founder of the Royal Academy of Arts. He was a fluent Italian speaker and thought highly of Italian painters and art theorists. He quotes from Malvasia in his Discourses.
Joshua Reynolds' copy.- Malvasia (Carlo Cesare) Felsina pittrice. Vite de pittori bolognesi, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-title, 50 full-page woodcut portraits, in elaborate frames (8 of which are left blank despite the name being included beneath), woodcut illustrations, lacking approbation f., contemporary blind-stamped panelled vellum, joints split, lower cover stained, 4to, Bologna, Heir of Barbieri for Giovanni Francesco Davico, 1678. ⁂ Sir Joshua Reynolds' copy (with his signature to head of first title) of this important history of modern Bolognese painting. Reynolds (1723-1792) English painter and a founder of the Royal Academy of Arts. He was a fluent Italian speaker and thought highly of Italian painters and art theorists. He quotes from Malvasia in his Discourses.
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