A Manual for China Painters: Being a Practical and Comprehensive Treatise on the Art of Painting China and Glass With Mineral Colors

1897. MONACHESI, Mrs. Nicola Di Rienzi. A Manual for China Painters: Being a Practical and Comprehensive Treatise on the Art of Painting China and Glass With Mineral Colors. 286 pp text and 5 plates containing 133 mounted colour samples. 8vo, 178 x 122 mm, publisher's decorated boards. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1897. A fine copy of this manual.hich is notable for the attractive paint samples at the rear. The two final white sample are absent, which seems to be the case in other copies. Presumably the author deemed the white paper enough.