A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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'Tis Ridiculous in a Painter to conside so far in his Memory, as to think it capable of retaining all he has seen and observ'd in Nature: The Memory is a Faculty too weak, as well as too narrow for that purpose, and the only sure way, is to Copy as much as possible from Nature her self.