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De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronæ: Eiusdem de viris illustribus antiquis veronensibus. De his, qui potiti fuerunt dominio civitatis Veronæ. De monumentis antiquis urbis, & agri veronensis. De interpretatione litterarum antiquarum.

Author Torello Sarayna Italian
Artist and engraver Giovanni Battista Caroto Italian
Publisher Antonio Putelleti Italian
1540
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  • Title: De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronæ: Eiusdem de viris illustribus antiquis veronensibus. De his, qui potiti fuerunt dominio civitatis Veronæ. De monumentis antiquis urbis, & agri veronensis. De interpretatione litterarum antiquarum.
  • Author: Torello Sarayna (Italian, died 1550)
  • Artist and engraver: Giovanni Battista Caroto (Italian, Verona, ca. 1488–1563/66)
  • Publisher: Antonio Putelleti
  • Published in: Verona
  • Date: 1540
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: 12 13/16 x 8 9/16 x 1 1/16 in. (32.5 x 21.7 x 2.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.115
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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