Recherches sur l'histoire, l'origine, les principes et les progres des arts de la Grece, ca. 1785.

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Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719-1805. Recherches sur l'histoire, l'origine, les principes et les progres des arts de la Grece, ca. 1785.

Recherches sur l'histoire, l'origine, les principes et les progres des arts de la Grece, ca. 1785.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177764

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of antiquarian notes, memoranda, and drafts concerning arts and culture of ancient Greece. The manuscripts contain discussions of sculpture, the history of engraving medallions and painting, as well as "Remarques sur Pausanias," notes on King Midas, and the Greeks' ideas concerning the "effets de la force centrifuge et du mouvement de la terre." The second volume is labeled "unconnected rough drafts" and includes a pencil drawing, diagrams, and sums.

6 vols. ; various sizes.

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