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Elogia Veris Clarorum Virorum

Paolo Giovio Italian
Publisher Michele Tramezzino Italian
1546
Not on view
Title page and 108 pages bound in contemporary limp vellum.

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Object Information
  • Title: Elogia Veris Clarorum Virorum
  • Artist: Paolo Giovio (Italian, 1483–1552)
  • Publisher: Michele Tramezzino (Italian, active Venice and Rome, 1526–died 1561)
  • Date: 1546
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut title page
  • Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. (29.5 x 20.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2008
  • Object Number: 2008.633
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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