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“Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)

Tuesday 1 August 2017 at 17:57

The great Italian writer uses the macabre creations of the seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch to reflect upon the mysteries of death.

Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/dialogue-of-frederick-ruysch-and-his-mummies-by-giacomo-leopardi-1827/