Main entry:

Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792.

Title & Author:

Delle arti del disegno : discorsi / del cav. Giosuè Reynolds ... ; trasportati dell'inglese nel toscano idioma.

Publication:

Bassano : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

Description:

243, [1] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 16 cm (12mo)

Notes:
Translation of: Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy.
Translated by Giuseppe Baretti.
With frontispiece.
Title page vignette.
Translation of the first seven of Reynolds' discourses, by Giuseppe Baretti.
Second ed., edited by Luigi Siries.
Baretti's response to the publication of the 1st ed. (Firenze, 1778) can be found in his privately printed pamphlet "Lettera scritta da Giuseppe Baretti a Luigi Siries a Firenze," in which he criticizes Siries for not mentioning Baretti's name in the publication and for altering the text.--cf. Hilles, F.W. Literary career of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1936 ed.), pp. 51-59.
Portrait of Reynolds by Amadio Gabrieli; after Franco Corsi.
Head- and tail-pieces.

Subject:

Art Early works to 1800.
Art Ouvrages avant 1800.
Art.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719-1789.
Saks, John.
Siries, Luigi.
Baretti, Giuseppe Marco Antonio, 1719-1789
Trissino Collection

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y trissino 114205
Call No.: ITYB3N1671 ITN1671; ID:85-B18770
Status: Available