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A26548 Painting illustrated in three diallogues containing some choice observations upon the art together with the lives of the most eminent painters from Cimabue to the time of Raphael and Michael Angelo : with an explanation of the difficult terms. Aglionby, William, d. 1705. 1686 (1686) Wing A765; ESTC R27095 126,132 426

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