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Sito, et antichita della citta di Pozzuolo : e del suo amenissimo distretto. Con la descrittione di tutti i luoghi notabili ... e di Cuma, et di Baia, e di Miseno ... con le figure de gli edifici, e con gli epitafi che vi sono.

Mazzella, Scipione, Salviani, Orazio, fl. 1554-1594, printer · 1591 · In Napoli : appresso Horatio Saluiani · 21 pictures

A 1591 Italian topographical book by Scipione Mazzella, printed in Naples by Orazio Salviani, describing the city of Pozzuoli and its surrounding districts such as Cuma, Baia and Miseno for readers interested in local antiquities and sites. The woodcut views show a repeated monumental building with twin towers, grand stairs and a central arched doorway, plus a coastal scene with a harbour mole, boats and a cart, giving a designer clear examples of Renaissance architectural framing and simple landscape vignettes.

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