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The second book contains various subjects, mainly from Roman wall-paintings, reliefs and cameos, and has an etched frontispiece by Jacopo Palma.  There are thirty-six engravings and etchings by Giovanni Battista Franco.  Both the first and second books are quarter-bound in brown-calf parchment boards.  The volume contains sixty-four plates on fifty-five sheets, four pages of letterpress, with two initial letters, a dedication to J. B. Duval, a discourse by the publisher, Giacomo Franco, and an epigram. \r\n \r\nThe design for the medallion on which this print is based is in the Sala dei Venti, Palazzo del Te, Mantua.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Print from the second book (consisting 36 prints) of 'De Excellentia et Nobilitate Delineationis Libri Duo'.  Etching and engraving by Giovanni Battista Franco depicting the clemency of Scipio.  Made after a design for a medallion by Giulio Romano.  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