Sculptura: Or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper: with an Ample Enumeration of the Most Renowned Masters and Their Works. To which is Annexed, a New Manner of Engraving, Or Mezzotinto, Communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert to the Author of this Treatise, John Evelyn, Esq |
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... preserve the memory of your virtues , than of your perfon . Mr. EVELYN returned to Paris , in one thou- fand fix hundred and forty seven ; and having let- ters recommendatory to Sir RICHARD BROWNE , his majesty's minifter there , he ...
... preserve the memory of your virtues , than of your perfon . Mr. EVELYN returned to Paris , in one thou- fand fix hundred and forty seven ; and having let- ters recommendatory to Sir RICHARD BROWNE , his majesty's minifter there , he ...
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... preserved , and which the noble and learned earl of Mirandula , in a cer- tain epistle of his to Marfilius Ficinus , boafts to have the poffeffion of : his words are thefe ; Chal- daici bi libri funt , fi libri funt , & non Thefauri ...
... preserved , and which the noble and learned earl of Mirandula , in a cer- tain epistle of his to Marfilius Ficinus , boafts to have the poffeffion of : his words are thefe ; Chal- daici bi libri funt , fi libri funt , & non Thefauri ...
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... preserve the memory of the dead , as in procefs of time by the flatterers of great men it was turned to be an object of adoration , plainly infers GRAVING to have been elder than idolatry . But now to recover its efteem again beyond all ...
... preserve the memory of the dead , as in procefs of time by the flatterers of great men it was turned to be an object of adoration , plainly infers GRAVING to have been elder than idolatry . But now to recover its efteem again beyond all ...
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... preserve and derive his divine effigies to the after ages , and to the honour of his memory , by what he left in thofe fignets and other stones which he cut for that renowned emperor . Thus SCULPTURE began to be most eminent in ftones ...
... preserve and derive his divine effigies to the after ages , and to the honour of his memory , by what he left in thofe fignets and other stones which he cut for that renowned emperor . Thus SCULPTURE began to be most eminent in ftones ...
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accompliſhed admirable ALBERT DURER alfo almoſt alſo amongſt ANTONIO aqua fortis artiſt becauſe befides beſt burin celebrated CHALCOGRAPHY Chrift curious defign difcourfe divers DURER efpecially engraved engraven eſteemed etched excellent exprefs faid fame famous fays fciences feems feveral fhall fhew fhould figned fince finiſhed firft firſt flouriſhed fome fometimes fpirit FRANS FLORIS ftone ftory fubject fuch fufficiently GIULIO ROMANO graved greateſt hatches Hierom hiftory himſelf honour ib ib ib illuftrious incomparable induſtry inftance inftructive inftrument intaglias invention itſelf laft landfchapes leaſt lefs LEON ALBERTI likewife LUCAS LUCAS VAN LEYDEN Madona mafters moft monfieur moſt noble obferved occafion painted painter peices perfon plates pleaſed prefent preferved prince prints profpects publiſhed QUINTILIAN RAPHAEL rare reft relievo renowned ROBERT NANTEUIL Rome Sculpture ſeems ſhall ſtudy SUIDAS thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion TITIAN treatiſe UGO DA CARPI univerfal uſe whereof whofe worthy
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