The gentleman's and connoisseur's dictionary of painters : containing a complete collection, and account, of the most distinguished artists ... from the year 1250, when the art of painting was revived by Cimabue, to the year 1767 ... extracted from the most authentic writers who have treated on the subject of painting , in Latin, Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Low Dutch : to which are added two catalogues, the one a catalogue of the disciples of the most famous masters ... the other a catalogue of those painters, who imitated the works of the eminent masters so exactly, as to have their copies frequently mistaken for originals ..
A reference dictionary of painters compiled by Matthew Pilkington and printed by Thomas Cadell in London in 1770, addressed to gentlemen collectors and connoisseurs of the art trade. The plates are printer's ornaments and a later owner's armorial bookplate: acanthus scrollwork tailpieces with flower baskets, paired birds, and emblems of learning, plus marbled paper — useful as small vignettes, dividers, and border stock.
