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<dl><dd>BM lists 2 variants of this work. The "First series" was published in Augusta, 1658, like the present work, but has title: Scena d'alcuni huomini illustri d'Italia. The "Second series" was published in Venice, 1659, and has title: Scena d'huomini illustri d'Italia. All subjects in the present work are Italian, despite the title</dd>
<dd>Unsigned and unpaged, to allow for integration of additional entries. Biographies were to be arranged alphabetically by first letter of subject's forename, which appears in headline. See Cicognara</dd>
<dd>Biographies in Getty copy not bound in alphabetical order</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece coat of arms and full-page port. of Alessandro Farnese, prince of Parma, to whom the work is dedicated. Some of the 30 ports. that follow are signed by Giacomo Piccini or Giovanni Georgi, one each by Nicasio Beverenzi and C.C. (Camillo Cungi?)</dd>
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<dd>Cicognara, L. Libri d'arte</dd>
<dd>Binding: old leather (sheepskin?). Spine gold tooled. Edges sprinkled red</dd>
<dd>E.K. Waterhouse's pencilled signature on front flyleaf, and occasional notes in his hand giving sources for the portraits</dd>
<dd>[374] p. (1st &amp; last blank) : 26 cm. (4to)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Italy -- Biography -- Early works to 1800; Italy -- Biography -- Portraits -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo, conte, 1606-1678</div>
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