The dream of Poliphilus : fac-similes of one hundred and sixty-eight woodcuts in "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" (Venice, 1499) / with an introductory notice, and descriptions by J.W. Appell.

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1893
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The dream of Poliphilus : fac-similes of one hundred and sixty-eight woodcuts in "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" (Venice, 1499) / with an introductory notice, and descriptions by J.W. Appell. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : Reproduced for the Dept. of Science and Art in photo-lithography by W. Griggs, 1893.

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13 pages, 80 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

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New ed.

Notes

The artist or designer of the woodcuts is unknown; they have been attributed to Giovanni or Gentile Bellini, Andrea Mantegna, Carpaccio, Jacopo de' Barbari, the Master of the Dolphin; the author Francesco Colonna, and others.

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