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The classic and connoisseur in Italy and Sicily : with an appendix containing an abridged translation of Lanzi's Storia pittorica

Evans, G. W. D. (George William David), Lanzi, Luigi, d. 1810 · 1835 · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman · 1 picture

A travel and art guide to Italian painting published in London in 1835 by Longman and co., written by G. W. D. Evans and including an abridged translation of Luigi Lanzi's history of painting for English readers and connoisseurs. The single picture is a bookplate: a heraldic shield flanked by two rampant lions, with a crown, a motto banner reading Endure Fort, and the inscription Bibliotheca Lindesiana beneath, which a designer could use for crest and armorial motifs.

Painting, Italian · Art, Italian · Italy -- Description and travel

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