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Quomodo debeamus uti liberalitate ad captandam multitudinis beniuolentiam (How We Must Use Liberality to Capture the Favor of the Multitude) from De Officiis by Cicero, plate 82 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1506, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut on paper
5.7 × 9.2 cm (2.2 × 3.6 in)

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