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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0451   CID305  How a city appears in a Gross Air

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The Eye viewing a City invelloped in a Gross Air, will find the Tops of the Buildings, obscurer, and, withal, more distinct, than the Parts beneath; for the latter will be seen on a Whiter Ground than the former; inasmuch as they are found in an Air, that is lower and more Gross.