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Inscription

Upper center in red ink: TVNC CANENT CYGNI CVM TACEBVNT GRACVLI: center right in (gold?): XXIV.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., and .4., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: .3. / Quum me ficus alat, quum pascor dulcibus unis: / cur potius nomen, non dedit una mihi?; lower center in black ink: In tenui spes nulla lucri est, unoq[ue] residunt / Arbusto germinae, non bene ficedulae

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

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