A Description of the Celebrated Pieces of Paintings; of the Most Eminent Masters Ancient and Modern, With Reflections Upon the Several Foreign-schools of Painting. By John Elsum Esq

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Bodleian Library (Oxford)

N028511

With an index. A reissue of 'Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters', 1700, with a cancel titlepage.

London : printed for D. Brown, S. Clark, and C. King, 1704. 133,[3]p. ; 8