[BOWLES, Carrington.] The Artist's Assistant; or School of Science, forming a Practical Introduction to the Polite Arts. Birmingham: Swinney & Hawkins, 1801. 8vo (209 x 124mm.) 10 engraved plates, 6 folding. (Creasing to plates, damp-staining to preliminaries.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (rebacked, rubbing to extremities). Provenance: F. Bevis (name inscribed to front pastedown); Birmingham Library (small stamp to initial blank). - And thirteen further volumes related to art (including Cennino Cennini's 'A Treatise on Painting', 1844, 4to, and C. Hullmandel's 'The Art of Drawing on Stone', 1835, 8vo, and M. D'Arclais de Montamy's 'Traité des Couleurs pour la Painture en Émail et sur la Porcelaine', 1765, 8vo) (14).Buyer’s (including @ ) of the price. Lots purchased online via will attract an additional of (including @ ) of the price.