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De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronæ: Eiusdem de viris illustribus antiquis veronensibus. De his, qui potiti fuerunt dominio civitatis Veronæ. De monumentis antiquis urbis, & agri veronensis. De interpretatione litterarum antiquarum.

Author Torello Sarayna Italian
Artist and engraver Giovanni Battista Caroto Italian
Publisher Antonio Putelleti Italian

1540

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Title: De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronæ: Eiusdem de viris illustribus antiquis veronensibus. De his, qui potiti fuerunt dominio civitatis Veronæ. De monumentis antiquis urbis, & agri veronensis. De interpretatione litterarum antiquarum.

Author: Torello Sarayna (Italian, died 1550)

Artist and engraver: Giovanni Battista Caroto (Italian, 1488–1563/66)

Publisher: Antonio Putelleti

Published in: Verona

Date: 1540

Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Dimensions: 12 13/16 x 8 9/16 x 1 1/16 in. (32.5 x 21.7 x 2.7 cm)

Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932

Accession Number: 32.115

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Florence and Central Italy, 1400-1600 A.D.

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