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in der Platte: The five orders of PERRIWIGS as they were worn at the late CORONATION, measured Archtectonically.; A; Corona or Lermier or Foretop.; B; Architrave or Archivolt or Caul.; C; Colarino or Hypotrachilumor Friz.; D; Triglyph Membretta or Necklock.; E; Guttæ or Drops or Buckle.; F; Base or Full Bottom; G; Aile de Pigeon or Wing.; H; Fillet or Ribbon.; I; Helices or Volute or Spiral or Curl.; EPISCOPAL. or PARSONIC; OLD PEERIAN or ALDERMANIC; LEXONIC; Least the Beauty of these CAPITALS should chiefly depend, as usual, on the delicacy of the Engraving, the Author hath Etched them with his own hand.; 2 Nodules 2 Nasos 3 Minutes; ATHENIAN Measure.; One Nodule 3 Nasos each Naso 3 Minutes; COMPOSITE. or HALF NATURAL; QUEERINTHIAN or QUEUE DE RENARD; Advertisment.; In about Seventeen Years will be compleated, in Six Volumes, folio, price Fifteen Guineas, the exact measurments of the PERRIWIGS of the ancients; taken from the Statues, Bustos & Baso - Relievos, of Athen, Palmira, Balbec, and Rome, by :MODESTO Perriwig-meter from Lagado. N.B. None will be Sold but to Subscibers.; Publish'd as the Act directs Octr. 15. 1761 by W: Hogarth. Handschrift: unten rechts mit Bleistift: 75
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