Gray 1794, 277 (2) (Q1325): Difference between revisions
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(Changed claim: text of the quotation (P4): The manuscripts are said to amount to 14 or 15,000, but few have en quiring eyes to examine them. There is, I believe, no printed catalogue of them. Few books are written here, and few even translated. The Abate Bianconi, with some assistants, is now preparing a Biographical and Historical Account of Engravers, and of the Art of Engraving, [...] will [...] be well executed.) |
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| Property / taken from: Letters during the course of a tour through Germany, Switzerland and Italy, in the years 1791., and 1792. with reflections on the manners, literature, and religion of those countries / rank | |||
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Revision as of 13:14, 4 September 2024
excerpt on the Ambrosiana library in Milan
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Gray 1794, 277 (2) |
excerpt on the Ambrosiana library in Milan |
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The manuscripts are said to amount to 14 or 15,000, but few have en quiring eyes to examine them. There is, I believe, no printed catalogue of them. Few books are written here, and few even translated. The Abate Bianconi, with some assistants, is now preparing a Biographical and Historical Account of Engravers, and of the Art of Engraving, [...] will [...] be well executed. (English)