'The Ring and the Book.' Florence (Certosa). Tomb of Niccolo Acciajuoli in the Certosa di Val d'Ema. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the tomb, with a sculpture of the deceased (the founder of the Certosa) reclining beneath an arcaded structure. See print 4 for a view of the monastery in which the tomb is situated.
'The Ring and the Book.' Rome (Vatican). The 'Genius of the Vatican.' Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a half-length statue of a youth, supposedly a copy of a Cupid by Praxiteles, in the Galleria della Statue in the Vatican Museum.
'The Ring and the Book.' Rome. 'Bocca della Verita.' Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Circular marble drain cover, five feet in diameter, standing in the portico of the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, 'with the head of Ocean in alto-relievo in the centre through the open mouth of which the rain water wd. escape ... The lips, it is said, will close on the hand of anyone who whi...