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The painting of the ancients, in three bookes : declaring by historicall observations and examples, the beginning, progresse, and consummation of that most noble art, and how those ancient artificers attained to their still so much admired excellencie (1638)

Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677 · London : Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, and are to be sold by Daniel Frere ... · leaf 345

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doth appeare in the whole worke,and in every part of it, a certaine kinde of gracefull plea-fantnefle: We have feene likewife, that this Grace is notthe worke of a troublefbme and fcrupulous ftudy, but thatit is rather perfected by theunaffe&ed facility of an excel-lent art and forward nature… … ons of P AINTING, 535 ons of art, even as art is to follow the prompt readinefie ofour forward nature. Seeing then that this grace can neverbe accomplished, unlerTe all thefe things doe meet in theworke^foisitlikewife evident, that even the felfe famethings are requisite to the difcovering of the…

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