Vita Di Cosimo De'Medici, Primo Gran Duca Di Toscana, Descritta da Aldo Mannucci

Various artists/makers

1586

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Title: Vita Di Cosimo De'Medici, Primo Gran Duca Di Toscana, Descritta da Aldo Mannucci
Author: Written by Aldo Mannucci (1547–1597)
Engraver: Illustrations engraved by Agostino Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1557–1602 Parma)
Engraver: Map engraved by Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venice 1550–1620 Venice)
Engraver: Illustrations engraved by Melchior Meier (German, active Italy, ca. 1572–82)
Subject of book: About Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Italian, Florence 1519–1574 Florence)
Published in: Bologna
Date: 1586
Medium: Printed book with engravings and woodcuts.
Dimensions: 12 5/8 × 8 7/8 × 13/16 in. (32 × 22.5 × 2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.37.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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