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Excerpt from Collection Of Etruscan, Greek, And Roman Antiquities From The Cabinet Of The Hon. W. Hamilton, His Britannick Majestys Envoy Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary At The Court Of Naples, Vol. 3 All the great Libraries that had 'no fuch hijtory at all, may have the advantage in acquiring it to unite by it's means the' ideas of what was to comp0fe the books of Polycletus Menechmus and Apelles on the Arts For the maxims contained in their writings are found. Together in this work, where we think we can ajfure 'that'nothing [hall be [een relative to what is fay'd in all the others and though we have always rely'd upon the authority of the ancient writers we have notwithflanding lefi fought in their books than in the monuments of Art itfelf, for the Principles that it has followed for. The means it has made ufe of to attain perfeflion the motives in jhort the views that made it ail. 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.