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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 Michel Angelo : with an explanation of the difficult terms (1685)

Aglionby, William, d. 1705 · London : Printed by John Gain for the author : ... Sold by Walter Kettilby · leaf 16

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