xiv PREFACE. 



JERVAS (affifted, as it is faid, by his friend Mr. POPE) 

 in that corrected Edition which Mr. GRAHAM infcribed 

 to the Earl of BURLINGTON ; and that I have myfelf 

 fome times profited by his labours. It is alfo from 

 his Edition that I reprint the following Life of the 

 Author, which was drawn up from Felibien and 

 other Biographers by the late Dr. BIRCH, who, with 

 his ufual induftry, has collected, all they have faid 

 on FRESNOY'S fubjedt. 



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