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Emundi Figrelli De statuis illustrium Romanorum liber singularis

Gripenhielm, Emund, 1622-1675 · 1656 · Holmiae [Stockholm] : Ex officina Johannis Janssonii ... · 2 pictures

A Latin treatise on statues of illustrious Romans, printed in Stockholm in 1656 by the Janssonius press and written by Emund Gripenhielm for scholars and collectors of antiquities. The two pictures are a densely ornamented woodcut initial letter with interlaced scrollwork and hatched shading, and a small emblem of two figures flanking a globe under a winged figure holding banners, which a designer could borrow for dense decorative capitals or compact allegorical vignettes.

Sculpture, Roman -- Early works to 1800 · Monuments -- Rome -- Early works to 1800 · Inscriptions, Latin -- Early works to 1800

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