Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana, Vol. 1 PDF Download

Author: Arthur Hall
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ISBN: 9781331133483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Excerpt from Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana, Vol. 1: Or a Select Collection of Curious Tracts The following particulars respecting David Riccio have been collected from Buchanan, Sir James Melville, and other cotemporary writers, as a proper appendage to the curious and interesting portrait of this minion of fortune, which is now for the first time engraved. The original picture, of the same size, is in the collection of Constantine Jennings, Esq. by whose liberal and kind indulgence it was permitted to be engraved expressly for this work. The artist, Mr. Wilkin, has succeeded in giving a very accurate copy, and seized the character of the head in a most skilful manner. It appears to have been the work of a Venetian artist of no mean degree of skill; and in its style and colouring partakes of the manner of Zucchero in his smaller portraits. That it is a faithful and genuine representation of this favourite of the unfortunate Mary, there is no reason to doubt, although it is now impossible to trace the collection from whence it was obtained: it was purchased by Mr. Jennings from a picture-dealer many years since, and had been picked up in an obscure part of the northern metropolis. It is painted on a small circular panel; and on the back are rudely cut into the wood the name Davit Rixio, and the date 1564. The mode in which the name is spelt is accordant with the Venetian method of orthography, in which the x is frequently substituted for the z or c. 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.