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Museum etruscum : exhibens insignia veterum Etruscorum monumenta aereis tabulis C.C. nunc primum edita et illustrata

Gori, Antonio Francesco, 1691-1757, Passeri, Giovanni Battista, 1694-1780 · 1737 · Florentiae : In aedibus auctoris regio permissu excudit : Caietanus Albizinius typographus · 19 pictures

Museum etruscum is a 1737 Florentine folio by Antonio Francesco Gori and Giovanni Battista Passeri, presenting engraved plates of ancient Etruscan bronzes and monuments for antiquarians and collectors. The plates show classical statues, a small bronze-like figure on a pedestal, a decorative vessel and a framed relief panel with figures; their crisp contour lines and symmetrical plate layouts suggest clean, formal frameworks for classical-style graphics.

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