This is a photograph of a historical document's cover page. The document describes a collection of prints belonging to Jacopo Durazzo, a Genoese patrician, with a dissertation on the art of engraving. The cover is text-focused with Italian typography. It includes an engraved emblem or crest below the main text, and the bottom of the page indicates it was published in Parma by the Royal Printing House in 1784. The paper shows signs of aging with spots and discoloration.

Descrizione della raccolta di stampe di S.E. il sig. conte Jacopo Durazzo, patrizio genovese, ec. ec., esposta in una dissertazione sull'arte dell'intagio a stampa

published 1784

Medium: bound volume with letterpress title page, letterpress text, and portrait frontispiece of Giacomo Durazzo by Giovanni David and Giovanni Vitalba on laid paper
Classification: Volume
Period: 1776 to 1800
Image size: 3872 × 5543px

Description

This is a photograph of a historical document's cover page. The document describes a collection of prints belonging to Jacopo Durazzo, a Genoese patrician, with a dissertation on the art of engraving. The cover is text-focused with Italian typography. It includes an engraved emblem or crest below the main text, and the bottom of the page indicates it was published in Parma by the Royal Printing House in 1784. The paper shows signs of aging with spots and discoloration.

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