Norgate, Edward, miniature painter, musician, and writer on art (1581–1650)

A treatise concerning the arte of limning / by Nicholas Hilliard. Together with A more compendious discourse concerning ye art of liming [sic] / by Edward Norgate ; with a parallel modernized text edited by R.K.R. Thornton and T.G.S. Cain.

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A treatise concerning the arte of limning / by Nicholas Hilliard. Together with A more compendious discourse concerning ye art of liming [sic] / by Edward Norgate ; with a parallel modernized text edited by R.K.R. Thornton and T.G.S. Cain.