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Britannia and Italia are shaking hands, behind them Mercury, the messenger of the gods. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after E.F. Burney.
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Britannia and Italia are shaking hands, behind them Mercury, the messenger of the gods. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after E.F. Burney.

Edward Francis Burney · 1789

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Il Mercurio Italico. Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant, omnia nos itidem- Lucretius. Vide p.18. Burney delt. Bartolozzi sculpt.

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