Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri

Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 1651-1725, Magliar, Andrea · 1699 · In Napoli : Nella stamperia di Giuseppe Roselli · 11 pictures

This 1699 Neapolitan travel account by physician Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri, printed at Naples by Giuseppe Roselli, recounts a voyage around the world. The pictures are small woodcut typographic ornaments (headpieces and tailpieces) with scrolling foliage, flowers, grotesque figures and winged creatures, offering a designer period-correct border and divider motifs for early modern print layouts.

Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 1651-1725 · Voyages around the world

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