Breval 1738, 1, 287 (Q1316)

excerpt on the Royal Library in Turin

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English	Breval 1738, 1, 287	excerpt on the Royal Library in Turin

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The greater Part of the Manuscripts had been removed to the University, out of the Royal Library, but I observed some [...] thirty Volumes of the famous Pirro Ligorio's own Designs in Architecture, Antiquity, Mechanics, & c. of which the Librarian told me that those of the Vatican Collection are only Copies. He likewise shew'd me a Dante, which is said to be the original one. (English)

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Remarks on several parts of Europe, relating chiefly to their antiquities and history. Collected upon the spot in several tours since the year 1723; and illustrated by upwards of forty copper plates,... 1

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Remarks on several parts of Europe, relating chiefly to their antiquities and history. Collected upon the spot in several tours since the year 1723; and illustrated by upwards of forty copper plates,...

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