Excerpt from A History or Description, General and Circumstantial, of Burghley House, the Seat of the Right Honorable the Earl of Exeter
To the ingenious gentlemen, however, of the art of painting my he]? Apologies are to he ofiered, for my want of technical jhill, and the very un/eztifi fattory manner, in which, I am cy'raid, I have fet forth the paintings of Burghley; hut, as l have endeavoured to atone for it; by fame decorations of jlylefi' I hope they will, with all their criticifm, throw this defeo'l out of view, into the hach grounds, or jhaa'y jia'e of the fork.
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Pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Release
November 26, 2018
ISBN
0282397078
ISBN 13
9780282397074
A History or Description, General and Circumstantial, of Burghley House, the Seat of the Right Honorable the Earl of Exeter (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A History or Description, General and Circumstantial, of Burghley House, the Seat of the Right Honorable the Earl of Exeter
To the ingenious gentlemen, however, of the art of painting my he]? Apologies are to he ofiered, for my want of technical jhill, and the very un/eztifi fattory manner, in which, I am cy'raid, I have fet forth the paintings of Burghley; hut, as l have endeavoured to atone for it; by fame decorations of jlylefi' I hope they will, with all their criticifm, throw this defeo'l out of view, into the hach grounds, or jhaa'y jia'e of the fork.
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.