Graving accounted one of the liberal arts by Pliny and Children inflructed in the graphical arts ib Marria the daughter of Varro, the princefs Louife, and ib Great scholars of late skillful in the art of graving, &c. 117 How far the art of drawing conduces to the iciences mathe- ib Dr. Chr. Wren, Blagrave, Hevelius, &c. celebrated An orator ought to be killed in thefe arts, and why The Abbot de Maroles, his fingular affection to, and prodigious Of what great ufe and benefit the art of graving may be to the Prints more eftimable than painting, and why What gentlemen of quality are the greatest collectors of prints ib At how high rates the prints of the most famous masters are ib Collections of prints recommended to princes and great perfons, ib By whom draughts and prints are celebrated for the inftitution ib The univerfal language how to be most probably accomplished ib CHAP VI. Of the new way of engraving, or mezzotinto, invented and communicated by his highnefs prince Rupert, &c. 127 An advantageous commutation for omitting the defcription of ib A paradoxical graving without burin, point, or aqua fortis ib F I N IS. |