76/1956 [Artists' manuals]. (Ballard, C. (?)). L'Ecole de la Miniature, ou l'art d'apprendre à peindre sans Maitre, et les Secrets pour faire les plus belles couleurs. Paris, J.B.G. Musier, 1769, new rev. and enl. ed., (2),VI,(10),179,(1)p., engr. title vignette, ill., contemp. gilt mottled calf w. red mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Top of spine dam.

= Ferguson, Books of secrets 2,III, p.52-55: "The book is different from any which have hitherto found place in these notes. It is an exposition of the art of miniature-painting (...) the preparation of the vellum, the colours and mixtures of them, the manner of laying them on (...) painting of the skin, of the hair (...) preparing ultramarine, carmine (...)". Ferguson lists 16 editions between 1673 and 1817.