A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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A Figure, of a slender delicate Shape, must never have its Muscles too bold, and prominent; for Men of this Make, have never much Flesh on their Bones, their slenderness arising from the Want of it; and where there is but little Flesh, the Muscles can never have much Relievo.