Item #16737 A Treatise On Art : In Three Parts : [Essays On Art] consisting of Essays on the Education of the Eye, Practical Hints on Composition, and Light and Shade. John Burnet, Frank V. Chambers.
A Treatise On Art : In Three Parts : [Essays On Art] consisting of Essays on the Education of the Eye, Practical Hints on Composition, and Light and Shade

A Treatise On Art : In Three Parts : [Essays On Art] consisting of Essays on the Education of the Eye, Practical Hints on Composition, and Light and Shade

Philadelphia: Frank V Chambers, Publisher, 1913.

Illustrated by Illustrated. Reprint. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #16737

Library stamps/marks/labels, later owner's emboss, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover.; "In reprinting Burnet's famous Art Essays, we have done this with the idea of placing the book before students and lovers of Art and marketing it at a price within the reach of those of moderate means. The illustrations have been taken from the original editions published in 1822, 1826 and 1837 and the text re-set from new types. No alterations have been made in Burnet's phraseaology and it is verbatim." - Publisher's Announcement. Cover title: Essays On Art; spine title: Burnet's Art Essays. Reprint of this classic hands-on art instruction in foundational visual principles by Scottish painter and engraver Burnet. ; Ex-Library; 50, 15, 35, 7 l pl pages.

Price: $49.95

See all items in Art History
See all items by ,