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Image of the colophon. The text of the colophon is written in Latin while the rest of the book is written in Italian. The colophon appears at the end of the third volume and includes a printer's mark.

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Image of the first page of the biography of the only woman artist, Properzia de' Rossi, included in this text. She was a sculptress from the city of Bologna. Text under portrait reads "M. PROPERTIA DE' ROSSI SCVLT. BOLOGNESE." Translation: "M.…

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Image of the first page of the biography of Giorgio Vasari, the author. Includes a woodblock illustration of the author who was also a painter and an architect himself. Text under the portrait reads "GIORGIO VASARI PITT. ET ARCHIT. ARETINO."…

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Image of the title page. We can see from the title page that this edition is dedicated to Ferdinando II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany at the time of its publication.

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Image of the engraved frontispiece by Bloemaert in which six figures surround an architectural element displaying the title of the book. Three figures sit in front of the architectural element while a figure who appears to be Medusa lies in front of…

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