May 14, 2014
'Di Bologna, L'arti via d'Annibal Caraci, Disegnate, Intagliate, et Offerte al Grande et alto Nettuno Gigante Sig. della Piazza di Bologna. Rome: GG Rossi, 1660'
Engraving by genius artist Giuseppe Maria Mitelli via {see}. The handwriting/translation at the bottom of the plate is by William Huggins who made the first full translation of Dante's 'Commedia'. It's one of about forty plates in this book
He who of Vipers and of Poys'nous Snakes
Himself the skilled Anatomist bespeaks,
Alone under Authentick Patents Shows
His Priviledge upon the World to Impose
