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A treatise on ancient painting : containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans ... : to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters ... : the whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting, discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni, a Roman, lately done from the originals with great exactness and elegance

Title:A treatise on ancient painting : containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans ... : to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters ... : the whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting, discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni, a Roman, lately done from the originals with great exactness and elegance
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Subject:Engraving -- England -- 18th century
Subject:Painting, Ancient -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Painting, Greek -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Painting, Roman -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Painting -- History -- Early works to 1800
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