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Egyptian obelisks from Heliopolis in Rome. Obelisk brought by Emperor Augustus 1, another obelisk consecrated to the sun brought by Emperor Constantine 2, and obelisk brought by Emperor Caligula now in St. Peter's Basilica 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802.

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Egyptian obelisks from Heliopolis in Rome. Obelisk brought by Emperor Augustus 1, another obelisk consecrated to the sun brought by Emperor Constantine 2, and obelisk brought by Emperor Caligula now in St. Peter's Basilica 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802.

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Album / Florilegius

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4749 x 5834 px | 79.3 MB

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40.2 x 49.4 cm | 15.8 x 19.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ARCHITECTURAL • ARCHITECTURE • ARCHITECTURE. • ARCHITECTURE: OBELISK • AUGUSTUS • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • CALIGULA • CONSECRATED • CONSTANTINE • COPPERPLATE • EDUCATIONAL • EGYPTIAN OBELISK • EMPEROR • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • HANDCOLOURED • HELIOPOLIS • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • KAISER • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • NEEDLE • OBELISK • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • ROME • SOL • SPIRE • ST. PETER'S BASILICA • SUN • SUNBEAM • SUNSHINE