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A94194 Graphice. The use of the pen and pensil. Or, the most excellent art of painting : in two parts. / By William Sanderson, Esq; Sanderson, William, Sir, 1586?-1676. 1658 (1658) Wing S648; Thomason E1077_2; ESTC R208648 74,435 105

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