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Iconologia:or Moral Emblems by Caesar Ripa

Cesare Ripa Italian
Publisher Benjamin Motte British
1709
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  • Title: Iconologia:or Moral Emblems by Caesar Ripa
  • Artist: Cesare Ripa (Italian, Perugia ca. 1555–probably 1622 Rome)
  • Publisher: Benjamin Motte (British, died 1710)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1709
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (23.5 x 18.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.83
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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