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Mining Disasters of the Wyoming Valley (Images of America)

[ebooks] Mining Disasters of the Wyoming Valley (Images of America) by Bryan Glahn at Arts-Photography

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Leacute;onard de Vinci a toujours eacute;teacute; regardeacute; comme le plus savant dans toutes les parties de la Peinture; ceacute;toit le sentiment du ceacute;legrave;bre Poussin; qui avoit si fort eacute;tudieacute; les principes et les regrave;gles de son art; et il a souvent avoueacute; agrave; ses amis quil avoit tireacute; des ouvrages de Leacute;onard les connoissances quil avoit acquises. Apregrave;s cela ne doit-on pas ecirc;tre surpris que le Traiteacute; de Leacute;onard de Vinci sur la Peinture nait paru pour la premiegrave;re fois quen 1651? Les Italiens; qui sont si jaloux de la gloire de leur nation; lavoient entre les mains; et il seroit encore enseveli dans la poussiegrave;re de quelque cabinet; si les Franccedil;ois ne lavoient fait imprimer; il le fut en 1651; en italien et en franccedil;ois. M. Du Frecirc;ne joignit agrave; leacute;dition italienne quil en fit; la Vie de Leacute;onard quil avoit composeacute;e en italien: celle que je donne en franccedil;ois nen est; pour ainsi dire; que la traduction: jy ai seulement ajouteacute; ce qui se trouve sur Leacute;onard dans Vasari; dans Feacute;libien; et dans ceux qui ont eacute;crit sur la Vie et les Ouvrages des Peintres. Jai tireacute; beaucoup de choses dun manuscrit qui ma eacute;teacute; precirc;teacute; par un curieux: ce sont des Meacute;moires en italien pour servir agrave; lhistoire de Leacute;onard de Vinci. Lauteur de ces Meacute;moires est le pegrave;re Mazzenta; barnabite Milanois; qui a eu entre les mains les papiers de Leacute;onard; cest-agrave;-dire; les Traiteacute;s quil a composeacute;s; et les dessins quil a faits.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent!By Jon Christopher JonesHaving grown up in Wheelling I had to get this book. Not at all disappointed; nor were the rest of the family. I bought this and the Oglebay Park book for everyone in my family and they all loved it. Great memories and a lot of history about the town we grew up in and still love going back to.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. WheelingBy M. WestWe are from Wheeling; and we love these books with the old photos and stories. Its great fun to read!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great historical interest bookBy Lori A. WittThis book had me hooked before I even got to the table of contents. The pictures are just fantastic. Having grown up in the Wheeling; WV area; I found it so interesting to study these photographs and see what the area looked like in years past. I especially enjoyed reading the captions under each photo. In addition to just explaining what the picture is; the captions include little bits of information about the subjects in the photo. I think Ill be getting more copies of this book to give for Christmas presents.

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