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Gemma pretiosa della virtuose donne

Designer Isabella Catanea Parasole Italian
Publisher Gugliemo Facciotti Italian

(1625)

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Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca.1625, published by Gugliemo Facciotti, Rome.
Title page missing, 31 pages of embrodery and lace designs.

Gemma pretiosa della virtuose donne, Isabella Catanea Parasole (Italian, ca. 1565/70–ca. 1625), Woodcut — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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Title: Gemma pretiosa della virtuose donne

Designer: Isabella Catanea Parasole (Italian, ca. 1565/70–ca. 1625)

Publisher: Gugliemo Facciotti , Rome

Date: (1625)

Medium: Woodcut

Dimensions: Overall: 5 5/16 x 7 11/16 in. (13.5 x 19.5 cm)

Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Gift of Mary M. Greenwood, in memory of Eliza Rudd Greenwood, 1953

Accession Number: 53.566.6(1-31)

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