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A51143 The history of painting, sculpture, architecture, graving, and of those who have excell'd in them in three books : containing their rise, progress, decay, and revival : with an account of the most considerable productions of the best artists in all ages, and how to distinguish the true and regular performances from those that are otherwise / by P. Monier ...; Histoire des arts qui ont rapport au dessein. English Monier, Pierre, 1639-1703. 1699 (1699) Wing M2419; ESTC R16358 161,014 242

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