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Page 373 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. Blank verso. With an engraving depicting three different panels decorated with Biblical scenes, found in the early Christian cemetary of St. Marcellino. The middle panel includes scenes of Jonah swallowed by the whale, and Jonah spat up again. Italian text printed above and below describes the figure.
Watermark in paper; a rectangular shieldlike form with what may be an animal motif.


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