Jacques Lacombe - Dictionnaire portatif des Beaux-Arts ou...

Jacques Lacombe. Portable Dictionary of the Fine Arts or abridged account of what concerns architecture, sculpture, painting, engraving, poetry and music. Paris, Herissant, Estienne, 1753, vi-752 pp. (3) ff. One volume in-12 (170x110 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, red morocco title piece, marbled edges (binding of the period). Usures and rubbing on the boards and spine, headcaps shaved. Interior fresh, rare foxing. New edition Dictionary devoted to the main domains of the fine arts, designed to offer an accessible overview of the artistic disciplines and their vocabulary. It defines the arts, explains technical terms and presents the essential notions relating to architecture, sculpture, painting, engraving, poetry and music. The work also includes notices on old and modern artists, French and foreign, with information about their lives, their talents and their achievements.

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