Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 1G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... collected in his travels with incredible expense so as , though Hollar's were but etched in aqua- fortis , I account the collection to be the most authentic and useful extant . Hollar was the son of a gentleman near Prague , in Bohemia ...
... collected in his travels with incredible expense so as , though Hollar's were but etched in aqua- fortis , I account the collection to be the most authentic and useful extant . Hollar was the son of a gentleman near Prague , in Bohemia ...
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... collection of pic- tures , agates , medals , and flowers , especially tulips and ane- monies . The chiefest of his paintings was a Sebastian , of Titian . From him we went to Monsieur Frene's , who showed us many rare drawings , a Rape ...
... collection of pic- tures , agates , medals , and flowers , especially tulips and ane- monies . The chiefest of his paintings was a Sebastian , of Titian . From him we went to Monsieur Frene's , who showed us many rare drawings , a Rape ...
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... collection . We were led through a gallery of old Rosso's work , at the end of which , in another cabinet , were three Madonnas of Raphael , and two of Andrea del Sarto . In the Academy where the painter himself wrought , was a St ...
... collection . We were led through a gallery of old Rosso's work , at the end of which , in another cabinet , were three Madonnas of Raphael , and two of Andrea del Sarto . In the Academy where the painter himself wrought , was a St ...
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... collection of shells and agates , whereof some are prodigiously rich . This Duke being very learned in medals and plants , nothing of that kind escapes him . There are other spacious , noble , and princely fur- nished rooms , which look ...
... collection of shells and agates , whereof some are prodigiously rich . This Duke being very learned in medals and plants , nothing of that kind escapes him . There are other spacious , noble , and princely fur- nished rooms , which look ...
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... collection , which abounded in fair and rich jewels of all sorts of precious stones , most of them of great sizes and value ; agates and onyxes , some of them admirably coloured and antique ; nor inferior were his landscapes from the ...
... collection , which abounded in fair and rich jewels of all sorts of precious stones , most of them of great sizes and value ; agates and onyxes , some of them admirably coloured and antique ; nor inferior were his landscapes from the ...
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