À publication de ce Recueil de Pierres Gravées ne devoit être au commencement qu’un simple Catalogue des piéces qui le composent,& les Circonflances ...
Continue Reading →The six chapters are headed, 1. Sicily; 2. Syracuse; 3. Agrigentum; 4. Selinus; 5. Ægesta [sc. Segesta]; 6. Posidonia, Or Paestum. The Appendix ...
Continue Reading →A treatise on ancient painting, containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans; the high ...
Continue Reading →The third edition of the important ‘itineraries’ of the poet and antiquary John Leland (c.1503-1552), who made a number of trips around England ...
Continue Reading →This influential work of 1818 by dilettante and critic Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) has stood the test of time. The study investigates the ...
Continue Reading →Excerpt: Whether we regard the Grecian attire of the head or of the body, it is precisely that of the earliest and rudest ...
Continue Reading →Excerpt from Dactyliotheca Smithiana, Vol. 1: Gemmarum Ectypa Et Antonii Francisci Gorii Enarrationes Complectens Aòfiulit atm diu, (s’ funere merfit acerbo. Hifioriam ergo ...
Continue Reading →Exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use guide surveys the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts — from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, ...
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