The Elements of Picturesque Scenery

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Excerpt from The Elements of Picturesque Scenery: Or Studies of Nature Made in Travel, With to Improvement in Landscape PaintingIt must, however, be evident that descriptions which are intended in some measure to supersede studies made with the brush, should unite, as far as possible, a syste matic arrangement of the facts described, such as is best suited for their retention in the memory, with a style simple and unexaggerated. Such embellished portraitures as please chie¿y because they dazzle the imagination, would be ill adapted for the purpose of imparting information which is destined to become practically available.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.