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Subject Terms Etching -- Specimens -- 1762.

1. A collection of some of the finest prospects in Italy : with short remarks on them / by Abbate R. Venuti, antiquarian to the Pope, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London ; engraved by various celebrated engravers at Rome.

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Creator:: Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705–1763
Date:: MDCCLXII [1762]
Physical Description:: vi, 80 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 x 24 cm (oblong 4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The artist's vade mecum : being the whole art of drawing taught in a new work : elegantly engraved on one hundred folio copper plates : containing great variety of examples in every branch of that noble art : as parts of the face, heads, hands, feet, academy, antiques, and groups of figures, beasts, birds, insects, flowers, fruit, shells, ornaments, buildings, landscapes ... / collected from the works of the greatest masters ; to which is prefixed an essay on drawing ; with introductory rules for the use of learners ; in which the first principles of that useful and noble art are explained in such manner that it may be attained in a short time without a master.

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Date:: 1762
Physical Description:: 8 p., [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts