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VBI-000138-001_sv.jpg

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2.07 MB

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JPEG

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e5e8be3addd41e8b1c8061b5685e93d7

Date
1800-1899
Description
Print originally used as the frontispiece for the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1797. A balloon flies above a Greek architectural square where are gathered a large group of men, buildings, inventions and discoveries significant to the history of Western science, art and philosophy.
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Still Image
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No Copyright - United States
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