A Letter To The Dilettanti Society, Respecting The Obtention of certain Matters essentially necessary for the Improvement of Public Taste, and for accomplishing the original Views of the Royal Academy Of Great-Britain. / By James Barry, Esq. R.A. Professor Of Painting To The Royal Academy.
London: Printed For J. Walker, Paternoster-Row., M.DCC.XCVIII
Physical Description
76 p.; 265 mm.
General Note
This is the first edition of this work. The second edition followed in 1789 after Barry's expulsion from the Royal Academy because of the opinions expressed in this letter.
Photocopy of original in the Sir John Soane's Museum Library.
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