Antonio Paolucci
1) Ravenna
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Distributed by Two Continents Pub. Group
Pub. Date
©1971
Language
English
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Taschen
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
From the Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici and Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg, these aristocratic virtuosos acquired, selected, and displayed the objects in real-life catalogues that represented the entire world--spanning architecture, interior design, painting, sculpture, gemology, geology, botany, biology and taxonomy, astrology, alchemy, anthropology, ethnography, and history. Marvel at the unicorn horns (narwhal...