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... engraved of Justice in Luxembourg . He does not appear to have interested by Vrijdag , is given in Chalmot's Biographisch Woordenboek himself greatly in the politics of his age and country . His life der Nederlanden . ' His motto ...
... engraved of Justice in Luxembourg . He does not appear to have interested by Vrijdag , is given in Chalmot's Biographisch Woordenboek himself greatly in the politics of his age and country . His life der Nederlanden . ' His motto ...
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... engraved for their Transactions . He received a degree in Medicine in 1782 ; was appointed phy- sician to the town of Landscrona in 1785 ; physician to the pro- vince of East Gothland in 1789 ; and professor of Botany at the Wadstena ...
... engraved for their Transactions . He received a degree in Medicine in 1782 ; was appointed phy- sician to the town of Landscrona in 1785 ; physician to the pro- vince of East Gothland in 1789 ; and professor of Botany at the Wadstena ...
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... engraved for their favour of Florence and Lorenzo de ' Medici in opposition to the He received a degree in Medicine in 1782 ; was ap claims of the Pope , in consequence of which the Duke of Cala - sician to the town of Landscrona in ...
... engraved for their favour of Florence and Lorenzo de ' Medici in opposition to the He received a degree in Medicine in 1782 ; was ap claims of the Pope , in consequence of which the Duke of Cala - sician to the town of Landscrona in ...
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... engraved after his own drawings . He died in 1759. Two of his brothers also excelled as sculptors . FRANÇOIS - GASPARD ADAM , born at Nancy , 1710 , worked with his brothers at Rome , acquired some reputation , and obtained the ...
... engraved after his own drawings . He died in 1759. Two of his brothers also excelled as sculptors . FRANÇOIS - GASPARD ADAM , born at Nancy , 1710 , worked with his brothers at Rome , acquired some reputation , and obtained the ...
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... engraved Henry VII . , who , in the words of the old English version of the Virgin and Child ' of Giulio Romano in the Dresden Gal- Bacon's Life of Henry , " much phantasied and more favoured lery , a Venus and Adonis ' after Ghigi ...
... engraved Henry VII . , who , in the words of the old English version of the Virgin and Child ' of Giulio Romano in the Dresden Gal- Bacon's Life of Henry , " much phantasied and more favoured lery , a Venus and Adonis ' after Ghigi ...
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