Excerpt from A New Description of the Pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso Relievos, and Other Curiosities, in the Earl of Pembroke's House, at Wilton: In the Antiques of This Collection Are Contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, Cardinal Mazarine's, and the Greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; Besides Several Particular Pieces, Purchased at Different Times Knowledge, without a Thought in truding on thofe great and noble Perfo nages, to whole Munificence, Genius, and lnduflry, we are indebted for their Prefervation 3, ...
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Excerpt from A New Description of the Pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso Relievos, and Other Curiosities, in the Earl of Pembroke's House, at Wilton: In the Antiques of This Collection Are Contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, Cardinal Mazarine's, and the Greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; Besides Several Particular Pieces, Purchased at Different Times Knowledge, without a Thought in truding on thofe great and noble Perfo nages, to whole Munificence, Genius, and lnduflry, we are indebted for their Prefervation 3, (to them it is {01e Owing, that thefe Patterns of the molt finifhed Productions the World ever faw, have been brought to Light and this Colle???tion, of which the following Pages Is but a fumrnary Account, con tains, perhaps, the moft numerous and mofi excellent Specimens of the Greek and Roman Artifis Works, that have efcaped the Ravages of Time, and outlived thofe States, that nurtured, and brought thein to Perfe???tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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