La vraye science de la pourtraicture descrite et demontrée / Par maistre Jean Cousin.

  • Cousin, Jehan, approximately 1522-approximately 1593.
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1676
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La vraye science de la pourtraicture descrite et demontrée / Par maistre Jean Cousin. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Livre de pourtraicture.

Publication/Creation

Paris : Chez G. Le Bé, 1676.

Physical description

40 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19 x 25 cm (oblong 4to)

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Notes

Added title-page with decorative border: Livre de pourtraicture.
Originally published in 1571 or 1595 (opinions differ).
Another work based on this, L'art de dessiner', uses some of the same woodcuts (some in reverse) but text differs.
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: S. Finch. Note: Binding: Original paper wrappers, stitched. MS annotations in French on fol. 40r. Presentation inscription on engraved t.p.: "Barbara Sleigh [possibly 1906-82, children's author], Feb. 26. 1923. From Gaggie."

References note

Choulant, L. Hist. and bibl. of anatomic illustration (1945), p. 359

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