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An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after J.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
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An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after J.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

Owen Mac Swiney

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Lettering: Vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra Processit longé flammantia mænia mundi, Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque. Mac. S. ...

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