A treatise on ancient painting, containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans ... to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters; and the ... use they made of the ... remains of antiquity in painting as well as sculpture. The whole illustrated ... with fifty pieces of ancient painting; discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni ... lately done from the originals ...