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Author additional ss Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

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Subject Terms Painting.

1. 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 ancient 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 Chambray, and rendred English by J. E. esquire, fellow of the Royal Society.

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Creator:: Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Date:: 1668
Physical Description:: 12 p.., [16], 136 p. 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts