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A31652 An idea of the perfection of painting demonstrated from the principles of art, and by examples conformable to the observations which Pliny and Quintilian have made upon the most celebrated pieces of the antient painters, parallel'd with some works of the most famous modern painters, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Julio Romano, and N. Poussin / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Cambray ; and rendred English by J.E., Esquire, Fellow of the Royal Society.; Idée de la perfection de la peinture. English Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676.; Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. 1668 (1668) Wing C1922; ESTC R8804 61,359 180

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