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[Bowles's Geographical Game of the World]

Description: Game board for "Bowles’s Geographical Game of the World" printed with a map of the world. It was meant to be played with multiple players, spinning a teetotum (spinning dice) to move their marker around the map, and to teach players basic facts about different parts of the world.
Date: [1803..1821]

[Etching and engraving of the burial shrine of Odeschalco]

Description: Etching and engraving of the Italian noble family Odeschalcos burial shrine printed circa 1800. The print is attributed to designer Leopoldo Buzi and printmaker Giovannia Acquaroni. The print show a line etching of the shrine with Latin text on its front at the top of a stone platform with stairs flanked by two statues of Roman muses. The image is paired with descriptive Italian text below the printed image.
Date: 1800
Creator: Buzi, Leopoldo & Acquaroni, Giovannia
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