The Ducal Palace or Palazzo Pitti at Florence

The Ducal Palace or Palazzo Pitti at Florence. Vast Renaissance palace built by banker Luca Pitti, bought by the Medici family and later home to the rulers of Tuscany. Now a museum including the Palatine Gallery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1812. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1812 Banker Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Carl Bertuch Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Friedrich Johann Bertuch Natural History Picture Book For Children Rulers

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