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Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurarano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma ...

Author Antonio da Labacco Italian
Illustrator Frontispiece designed by Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) Italian
1552 (1558?)
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  • Title: Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurarano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma ...
  • Author: Antonio da Labacco (Italian, near Vigevano ca. 1495–after 1567)
  • Illustrator: Frontispiece designed by Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510–1563 Rome)
  • Published in: Rome
  • Date: 1552 (1558?)
  • Medium: Book of engraved plates, some typeset text with historiated woodcut initials.
  • Dimensions: 16 9/16 × 11 × 11/16 in. (42 × 28 × 1.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 21.26
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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