INTRODUCTION. XIX
The chief purport of this work was to form an
elegant and chaste selection of antique designs,
by which to spread the knowledge of true and
legitimate taste, and also to give such slight ex-
planations of them as the subjects afforded.
The chief purport of this work was to form an
elegant and chaste selection of antique designs,
by which to spread the knowledge of true and
legitimate taste, and also to give such slight ex-
planations of them as the subjects afforded.