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Il torneo a piedi, e l'invenzione, ed allegoria, colla quale il Signor Borso Bonacossi comaparì à mantenerlo: E l'Alcina magna favola pescatoria fatta rappresebtare dak syddetti Signore Serenissime di Mantova...

1631
Not on view
Published in Ferrara.

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  • Title: Il torneo a piedi, e l'invenzione, ed allegoria, colla quale il Signor Borso Bonacossi comaparì à mantenerlo: E l'Alcina magna favola pescatoria fatta rappresebtare dak syddetti Signore Serenissime di Mantova...
  • Artist: Francesco Berni
  • Artist: Sebastiani Martini
  • Date: 1631
  • Medium: Book with 6 engraved folding plates
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 x 6 1/4 x 11/16 in. (21.4 x 15.9 x 1.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.452
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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