The complete academy: or a drawing book, containing the pencil's improvement, with the ground-vvork of the art of drawing, limning, painting, graving, and how to whet the graver: and also etching. The real art of mixtures of all sorts of colours both for painting and limning; also how to cleanse any old painting, and preserve the collours; and the plainest method for colouring maps and prints, are faithfully discovered. With some geometrical rules for ovals, escutcheons, circles, &c. With an addition of that necessary parts the trunks of bodies. In the drawing part Abraham Bloemaert and Jean Cozyne are followed, answering to Fiolets discourse of the measures of whole bodies and parts. In the limning part you have from a manuscript (which came happily to hand out of the collection of Mr. Garrat, limner to Queen Elizabeth) the perfect discourse how to prepare, mix, and work all those colours; with directions what lights to use in drawing by the life, with the height and distance the party o

People / Organizations

• Robert Battersby ("printed by")
• John Ruddiard ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed by R[obert]. Battersby, for John Ruddiard, and are to be sold at the Unicorn in the Piazza, under the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1672. The second edition, with many experienc'd additions, by the author.; ..

Added name

Bloemaert, Abraham, 1564-1651.

Publication year

1672

ESTC No.

R174203

Grub Street ID

67458

Description

45, [1] p., plate : ill. ; 2°.

Note

Frontis = plate

With a colophon on p. 45: London, printed by R.B. for John Ruddiard, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Unicorn in the Piazza, under the Royal Exchange in Cornhill; where you may have all sorts of maps, both large and small, likewise all sorts of Cockers Copy-Books, and others; with all manner of bonds whatever, bills of lading, indentures for apprentices, likewise texted indentures ready ruled, and divers other sculptures of several sorts.