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  • Saint Gregory the Great: elected pope, he receives obeisance from the cardinals. Engraving by S.C. Miger, 1770, after C. van Loo.
  • A marble tripod on a base: perspective and plan. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase sculpted with bacchic revels. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • The pope takes possession of his office: the procession to St. John Lateran. Etching by B. Picart, 1722.
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    Tavola de' prezzi costituiti alli medicinali, e robbe di speziaria de Roma, e suo distretto dal Protomedico e suoi consiglieri col consiglio de' consoli del Collegio de' Speziali.

    Rome (Italy) | Date: 1770

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