Author: MONIER (Pierre):
Title: The History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Graving, And Of those who have Excell'd in them: In Three Books. Containing their Rise, Progress, Decay, and Revival; With an Account of the most considerable Productions of the best Artists in all Ages: And how to distinguish the true and regular Performances, from those that are otherwise.
Description: London: Printed for T. Bennet..., D. Midwinter, and T. Leigh..., and R. Knaplock..., 1699 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo, 178 x 111 mms., pp. [xxx], 192 [193 - 204 index, 205 - 208 adverts], late 18th century calf, with gilt key border on each cover, spine richly gilt, black morocco label; title-page with evidence of early binding in grey papers at inner margin, some words on title-page slightly obscured, lacks frontispiece, joints slightly cracked (but firm), top and base of spine chipped. Pierre Monier (1639 - 1703) attempts here a history of art from the invention of painting to Raphael, but he also considers ancillary aesthetic adventures as well as technology. Histoire des arts qui on rapport au dessin was first published in 1698 and derived from public lectures that Monier gave at the Academie Royale. Monier is almost certainly best-known for the altar-piece painted for Notre Dame, which represents "le Parlament assemblee pur juger un proces pour le Marquis de Lockmarier." Schlosser-Magnino, p. 498; UCBA p. 1397; Wing M 2419.

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