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An essay on painting: in two epistles to Mr. Romney

Archive Print part: Roberts Collection/HAY

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Type of record: Book

Title: An essay on painting: in two epistles to Mr. Romney

Level: Piece

Classmark: Roberts Collection/HAY

Creator(s): Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1781

Language: English

Size and medium: 96 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/338755

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011507379705181

Description

In verse.

Additional description

Bound with 4 other items by the same author. Volume contents: 1. Ode inscribed to John Howard Esq. 2nd ed. 1781. -- 2. Epistle to a friend, on the death of John Thornton Esq. 2nd ed., corrected. 1780. -- 3. An essay on painting: in two epistles to Mr. Romney. 3rd ed. 1781. -- 4. An essay on history in three epistles to Edward Gibbon Esq. 2nd ed. 1781. -- 5. The triumphs of temper a poem. In six cantos. 2nd ed. 1781";"Contains loose receipt from Peter Murray Hill (Rare Books) Ltd. dated 7th July 1971

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