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1. A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; faithfully translated from the original Italian, and now first digested under proper heads, by John Francis Rigaud, Esq. ; Academician of The Royal Academy of Painting at London, and also of The Academia Clementina at Bologna, and The Royal Academy at Stockholm ; illustrated with twenty-three copper-plates, and other figures ; to which is prefixed a new life of the author, drawn up from authentic materials till now inaccessible, by John Sidney Hawkins, Esq. F.A.S.

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Creator:: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
Date:: 1802
Physical Description:: [2], xcv, [1], 236 p., 22 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., diagrs., port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

2. The practical carver and gilder's guide, and picture frame makers companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c. : interior and exterior gilding : silvering plate glass : the restoration of oil paintings, cleaning old engravings, &c. : with chapters on mitreing-up mouldings, mount cutting, mounting engravings, maps, photographs, etc. : French polishing, varnishing, and staining : and a number of useful receipts / by Charles H. Savory.

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Creator:: Savory, Charles H.
Date:: [approximately 1877?]
Physical Description:: xv, [2], 18-205, [19] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts