A Practical Treatise on Painting: In Three Parts
by: John Burnet

Hardcover. London, Printed by the Proprietor and Sold by James Carpenter and Son, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive-colored morocco covers with gilt borders, spine with raised bands and gilt design and lettering. Attractive collection of Burnet's three principal works bound together with a general title page: Practical Hints on Composition in Painting (6th edition 1845), Practical Hints on Light and Shading in Painting (2nd edition 1927), and Practical Hints on Colour in Painting (2nd edition 1828). 25 pages of plates of which 8 are hand-colored. Bookplate on inside front cover, name on blank page opposite half-title dated 1917. Overall very good with minor rubbing to covers.