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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life of Nicholas Poussin A preface is usually written to account for the motives for publishing the work it stands before and an author seldom ven tures to assign his or her pleasure, as the chief motive for writing. This, however, was the original reason for attempting an English life of Nicholas Poussin. Others have since occurred, and as they may perhaps induce the reader to sympathise with the writer, they sh all be stated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.