Portrait of Lady Sofia Farmor in the form of a medal and Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit ...
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Title devised by cataloger., Four lines of Latin text printed in letterpress below plate: Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit. Virtutem et patriae studium meditetur; amores noverit hic Sophiae, noverit ingenium., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Raccolta di varie canzoni sopra diversi leggiadri soggetti. : A sua eccellenza Mylady Sofia Farmor. In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Bernardo Paperini, 1740., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Mounted on page 144 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Annotation in pencil below plate and above Latin text: Lady Sopia Fermour. Privat., and For further information, consult library staff.
