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I have endeavoured to copy, with the 

 greatest exactness, the objects exhibited in 

 these engravings. Those who are employ- 

 ed in the practical profession of the arts 

 are aware, how difficult it is to attend mi- 

 nutely to the great number of plates, which 

 compose a Picturesque Atlas. If some be 

 less perfect than connoisseurs might wish, 

 this imperfection ought not to be attributed 

 to the artists employed, under my inspec- 

 tion, in the execution of my work, but to 

 the sketches which I drew on the spot, 

 and often in very difficult circumstances. 

 Several landscapes have been coloured, be- 

 cause in this sort of engraving, the snow 

 detaches itsetf more strikingly from the 

 azure of the sky, and the imitation of the 

 Mexican paintings rendered the mixture of 

 coloured plates with engravings indispen- 

 sable. I have felt how difficult it is to give 

 the former that vigorous tone of colouring, 

 which we admire in the Oriental Scenery 

 of Mr. Daniel. 



In the description of the monuments of 



