Lot 59: BURNET, John (1781-1868). Practical Hints on

BURNET, John (1781-1868). Practical Hints on Composition in Painting ... Second Edition. London: Printed for the Proprietor and Sold by James Carpenter and Son, 1827. 9 engraved plates [bound with:] Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting ... Second Edition. London: Printed for the Proprietor [etc.], 1827. 8 engraved plates [bound with:] Practical Hints on Colour in Painting. London: Printed for the Proprietor, 1827. 8 finely hand-coloured plates. 3 works bound in one, 4to (272 x 204mm). (Some light spotting, mainly to the first work.) Attractively bound in 19th-century plum polished calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece (extremities rubbed).