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A Few Sonnets, Attempted from Petrarch In Early Life

1817
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Few Sonnets, Attempted from Petrarch In Early Life
  • Author: Francesco Petrarca (Italian, Arezzo, Tuscany 1304–1374 Arquà)
  • Translator: Translated with notes by Francis Wrangham (British, 1769–1842 Chester, Cheshire)
  • Publisher: John Warwick (Private Press, of Lee Priory)
  • Printer: Lee Priory Press (Kent)
  • Date: 1817
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1944
  • Object Number: 44.82
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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