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An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving : upon copper and in wood, with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra, to the time of Marc' Antonio Raimondi (1816)

Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner. CMalG, Bromley, William, 1769-1842, Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, Edwards, George, 1694-1773. CMalG, Swaine, John, 1775-1860 · London : Printed for John and Arthur Arch by J. M'Creery · leaf 521

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scribed by him,may possess a greater freedom of outline and delicacy of effect,than the finished print, in consequence of the artist having beenbetter skilled in design than practised in the management of theburin. The reader will be enabled to form some idea of the styleof this singular engraving,… … The Abbe Lanzi, Storia Pittorica, vol. i. p. 83, of the editionalready referred to, mentions a print representing * Christ takendown from the Cross, marked, like the above, with the letters P P;initials which he considers as indicating Pietro Perugino ; but in thelast and augmented edition of his…

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