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Variarum Protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias vocant ...

Publisher Published by Balthazar van den Bos Flemish
1554
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  • Title: Variarum Protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias vocant ...
  • Artist: Balthazar van den Bos (Flemish, 's-Hertogenbosch 1518–1580 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Published by Balthazar van den Bos (Flemish, 's-Hertogenbosch 1518–1580 Antwerp)
  • Published in: Antwerp
  • Date: 1554
  • Medium: Engravings
  • Dimensions: 12 7/16 x 13 3/8 x 1/8 in. (31.6 x 34 x 0.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.13.6-.29
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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