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Page 589 (blank verso) from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("On Subterranean Rome"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting a sarcophagus with elaborate carvings of Biblical scenes in two rows. At left, in the upper row, there is a depiction of Jonah being pushed off a boat directly into the mouth of a monster, and another of the monster spitting Jonah out onto land. The monster has an elongated lionlike body, with donkey-like ears and a horse-like head. Italian text printed above and below describes the figure.


whales
1632-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Facciotti, G.
ink; laid paper
19 in x 13 3/4 in
Italy: Rome