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Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

Recto: On Timber, the Species of Trees (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 9, no. 4); Verso: On Timber, the Battle of Larignium (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 9, no. 15)..

1530–45
Pen and dark brown ink
15 × 26.4 cm (5.9 × 10.4 in)

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