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Page vii
... collection ; but by far the greatest number of these miniature monuments of art are to be found in the cabinets of our noble and wealthy amateurs . Besides the large and valu- able collections of the Dukes of Marlborough and Devonshire ...
... collection ; but by far the greatest number of these miniature monuments of art are to be found in the cabinets of our noble and wealthy amateurs . Besides the large and valu- able collections of the Dukes of Marlborough and Devonshire ...
Page viii
... collections of this country . The frequent revolutions and political commotions which have disturbed the continent of Europe have rendered England the asylum of many deposed princes , and of innu- merable political refugees . Some of ...
... collections of this country . The frequent revolutions and political commotions which have disturbed the continent of Europe have rendered England the asylum of many deposed princes , and of innu- merable political refugees . Some of ...
Page ix
... Collection , as there exists no catalogue raisonné of this celebrated cabinet . The Marlborough Collection has been more fortunate in this respect , the choicest of its con- tents having been described and figured in two of the most ...
... Collection , as there exists no catalogue raisonné of this celebrated cabinet . The Marlborough Collection has been more fortunate in this respect , the choicest of its con- tents having been described and figured in two of the most ...
Page xvii
... collection of impressions from gems , and he will be both surprised and delighted , if a classical scholar , to perceive how much light is thrown upon ancient customs by the pictures which will there faithfully offer themselves to his ...
... collection of impressions from gems , and he will be both surprised and delighted , if a classical scholar , to perceive how much light is thrown upon ancient customs by the pictures which will there faithfully offer themselves to his ...
Page xx
... collection of Hemsterhuis , of which I subjoin a translation , as a most complete sum- mary of all that can be said on the subject , and a most suitable conclusion to these prefatory remarks . Before this , however , a few words may be ...
... collection of Hemsterhuis , of which I subjoin a translation , as a most complete sum- mary of all that can be said on the subject , and a most suitable conclusion to these prefatory remarks . Before this , however , a few words may be ...
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