The Old (now 'La Specola') and New Observatories, Florence, Italy. Reproduction of a pen drawing by A. Pochini.

Date:
1979
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17679i
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Christmas card showing the old observatory (1807), now 'La Specola' an anatomical waxwork museum, and the new observatory (1872), in Arcetri, where Galileo was under house arrest and died

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1979

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1 process print : relief-line block ; border 10 x 15.7 cm

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Wellcome Collection 17679i

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