Nineteenth century, account of different painting techniques and their history:

Painting Popularly Explained Including Fresco, Oil, Mosaic, Water-Colour, Water-Glass, Tempera, Miniature, Encaustic.  Painting on Ivory, Vellum, Pottery, Porcelain, Enamel, Glass etc.  With Historical Sketches of the Progress of the Art.

by Thomas John Gullick assisted by John Timbs

Second Edition Revised and Enlarged

Published by Lockwood & Co. in 1864.

Contents: Introduction; Painting in Tempera; Wax Painting or Encaustic; Tempera and Encaustic in Antiquity and the Middle Ages; Mosaic Painting; Missal and Other Manuscript Illuminations; Miniature Painting on Ivory, Enamel, Pottery etc; fresco Painting; Oil Painting; Painting in Watercolours; Sterochrome or Water-Glass Painting.

Attractive leather binding

Hardback, 336 pages, 11 cm by 17 cm.

Acceptable condition

Minor marks and wear to cover. Large blemish to the front end paper possibly from removal of a book plate.  Light water stain affects the frontispiece and title page as shown in the photographs. Binding intact. Light foxing to front and back pages.  Minimal marks to inside pages. Small blemish to the side edge of the back cover

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