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Francia (François Louis Thomas). Progressive Lessons Tending to Elucidate the Character of Trees, with the process of sketching, and painting them in water colours, 1st edition, London: T. Clay, 1813, 14 plates, of which 12 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings on grey paper and one plate of hand-coloured tints, occasional small ink annotations to a few text leaves, occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription of Eliza Richardson, December 14 1864 tro front endpaper, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, a little rubbed with some wear to edges, 4to (Quantity: 1) Calais-born artist François Louis Thomas Francia (1772-1839), came to England in 1790 and his work was exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1795. He produced two main drawing manuals, the first of which Studies of Landscapes was published in 1810, followed by the present Progressive Lessons Tending to Elucidate the Character of Trees in 1813. He was a prolific teacher and influenced watercolour artists in England and in particular in France after returning to Calais where he introduced new ideas from England to young French painters.