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Page 343 (verso blank) from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting a decorative plaque with Biblical scenes from the Cemetary of St. Marcellino. Includes Jonah under the gourd and Jonah spat up by the whale (here depicted as a chimeric sea monster). 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