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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO COLONNA (1432-33-C. 1527)

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

1499

RCIN 1057947

The allegorical romance Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (loosely ‘Poliphilus’s struggle for love in a dream’) is one of the jewels of Renaissance printing, with an elegant Roman font and high-quality woodcuts in the style of Mantegna. The close integration of text and image was highly unusual for the period – this was the only illustrated book published by Aldus.

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