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GENERAL COLLECTION
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ANCIENT AND MODERN ENGRAVED
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MOST CELEBRATED CABINETS IN EUROPE;
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COLOURED PASTES, WHITE ENAMEL, AND SULPHUJl,
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ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER- PLATES.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION ON THE VARIOUS USES OF THIS COLLECTION, THE ORIGIN OF THE ART OF ENGRAVING ON HARD STONES, AND THE PROGRESS OF PASTES..
UNDE PRIUS MULTIS VELARUNT TEMPORA
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LONDON:
PRINTED FOR AND SOLD BY JAMES TASSIE, n". 20, LEICESTER-FIELDS; AND J. MURRAY, BOOKSELLER, N°. 32, FLEET-STREET.
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BL'CKTON, PRINTER,
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PIERRES GRAVÉES ANTIQUES ET MODERNES, TANT EN CREUX QUE CAMÉES,
TIREES DES
CABINETS LES PLUS CELEBRES DE L'EUROPE.
MOULÉES EN
PÂTES DE COULEURS A L'IMITATION DES PIERRES, EMAUX BLANCS, ET SOUFRES,
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JACQUES TASSIE,
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sculpteur.
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