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Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Book illustration or more likely a trademark with a coat of arms featuring a lion and a tower set within an arch

16th century
Woodcut image on left side of a folded sheet, right side pen and ink mathematical calculations
30 × 45.5 cm (11.8 × 17.9 in)

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