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TO
Mr. William Kent.
Mr. William Kent.
SIR,
IN Dedicating this
Tranſlation to you,
I have deſignedly
deviated from the general
Cuſtom obſerv’d by almoſt
all Dedicators, who make
choice of ſuch Patrons that
are Great and Rich, not at all
conſidering their Merit, or
whether they underſtand any
thing of what is offer’d to
them; ſince I have inſcrib’d
this Treatiſe of Perſpective to
one, whoſe daily Practice is
the very Art it ſelf, and
Tranſlation to you,
I have deſignedly
deviated from the general
Cuſtom obſerv’d by almoſt
all Dedicators, who make
choice of ſuch Patrons that
are Great and Rich, not at all
conſidering their Merit, or
whether they underſtand any
thing of what is offer’d to
them; ſince I have inſcrib’d
this Treatiſe of Perſpective to
one, whoſe daily Practice is
the very Art it ſelf, and