Piazza of San Lorenzo (Florence). Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the square towards the church, with a few street traders gathered around the statue in the foreground. Unidentified work of a professional photographer.
'The Ring and the Book.' Rome. Piazza Barberini and the Triton Fountain. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the Piazza, with the Triton Fountain in the centre and Vicino Barberini and the Barberini Palace on the right.
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. Piazza of S. Lorenzo. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from the back of the Riccardi Palace (Palazzo Medici) looking towards the Church of San Lorenzo, with the domes of the Medici Chapel and the Sagrestia Nuova (New Sacristy) beyond.
'The Ring and the Book.' Castelnuovo. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards a group of houses, with the inn in the centre, where, in Browning's poem, Caponsacchi and Pompilia were captured..
'The Ring and the Book.' Arezzo. Interior of Cathedral. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the high altar and pulpit in the cathedral church of San Pietro Maggiore. The altar-piece or retable seen in close-up in print 55 is visible behind the altar.
'The Ring and the Book.' Arezzo. Piazza Vasari. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the piazza, with the church of Santa Maria della Pieve on the left. On the right can be seen part of the arcade designed by Vasari.
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. View along the Via Martelli from the Piazza del Duomo to Riccardi Palace. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the Via Martelli, with the Riccardi Palace (Palazzo Medici) in the left background at the start of the Via Larga. The street is crowded with pedestrians, who are captured reasonably sharply in this 'instantaneous' view.