(PAINTING.) Burnet, John. A Practical Treatise on Painting.

2088212: (PAINTING.) Burnet, John. A Practical Treatise on Painting. First collected edition; 3 parts in 1. 25 plates, including 8 hand-colored etchings, most from celebrated pictures of the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, Dutch, and English schools. 4to, contemporary calf, beautifully blindstamped with triple borders with center design, some repairs to scuffs, professional rebacking; all edges gilt, few pencil notations including a full collation written on front blank, fairly light and scattered dampstaining to lower outer corner of parts 1 and 2. London; Carpenter and Son, 1827

first combined edition of the classic trio of essays: Practical Hints on Composition in Painting (1828); Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting (1827); and, Practical Hints on Colour in Painting (1828). Abbey, Life, 100.