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Album with Twenty-Four Illustrations to the Poem Pronea by Melchiore Cesarotti, an Apology for Napoleon Bonaparte
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Album with Twenty-Four Illustrations to the Poem Pronea by Melchiore Cesarotti, an Apology for Napoleon Bonaparte

Teodoro Matteini · 1808 · letterpress printing; etching; binding; blocked; marbled paper; leather; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Album with a title print and 24 prints with depictions from the life of Napoleon. Etchings with attached explanations in book print. Of the 24 attached smaller sheets with explanations in book print, eight are unprinted, which may indicate a copy produced prior to the regular edition. A blank flyleaf at the front and back.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBand met vierentwintig illustraties bij het gedicht Pronea van Melchiore Cesarotti, een apologie voor Napoleon Bonaparte. 1808. Teodoro Matteini. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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