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A39320 Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters, antient and modern with reflexions upon the several schools of painting / by J.E., Esq. Elsum, John, fl. 1700-1705. 1700 (1700) Wing E643; ESTC R18172 31,402 136

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