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Calliope. Engraving by C. de Passe.
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Calliope. Engraving by C. de Passe.

Crispin de Passe

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Calliope. Quarta characteres, vocumque elementa notavit, quoque deum laudes, et quo praelustria facta congruat Heroum describere carmine, docta calliope edocuit, clarij celeberrima coetus. Crispin d. passe inventor excud.

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