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Le glorie de gli Incogniti : o vero gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori incogniti de Venetia

Piccini, Giacomo, approximately 1617-approximately 1669, Ruschi, Francesco, 17th cent, Valvasense, Francesco, 17th cent, Accademia degli incogniti · 1647 · In Venetia : Appresso Francesco Valuasense · 68 pictures

A 1647 Italian book printed in Venice by Francesco Valvasense for the Accademia degli Incogniti, a literary society, and written by Giacomo Piccini and others to celebrate its distinguished members. The four pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, a large P, N, G and another P, each framed in a square border with dense interlaced foliage, scrolls and small figures that a designer could adapt for historical capitals and border ornament.

Accademia degli incogniti · Learned institutions and societies · Italian literature

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