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Subject Terms Painting.

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1. 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.

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Creator:: Aglionby, William, d. 1705
Date:: 1685
Physical Description:: 19 p.l., 375 (i.e. 387) p. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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

3. Dissertation sur les ouvrages des plus fameux peintres ...

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Creator:: Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Date:: 1681
Physical Description:: 140, 38, [6] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts