ALLIX (Susan) & LEON BATTISTA (Alberti)
On Painting. Translated from the original Italian, abridged and accompanied with etchings by Susan Allix.
ALBERTI'S MANUAL OF PAINTING, VIA SUSAN ALLIX
One of 22 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. Illustrated with 29 prints by Susan Allix in a combination of aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint, together with original watercolour and pencil, the majority titled in pencil. Folio, 33.3 x 27cm. Original full painted goatskin by Susan Allix, with a cream central panel to upper cover decorated with a combination of painted and onlay leather shapes in red, yellow, brown, blue and dark green, bordered with a dark purple extending to spine and rear covers, with original cloth drop back box. London, Susan Allix, 1999.
