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At twenty he invented a mode of taking copies from antique and modern basso-relievos in such a way that they might be stamped on card-board, thousands being produced at a small cost.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

You may observe in statues, basso-relievos, pictures, and the human form, and even in animals and trees, that nothing is more graceful than magnitude, if accompanied with proportion.

From The Letters of Pliny the Younger by Melmoth, William

M. Mariette has brought to light a number of basso-relievos, some statues, and about five hundred bronze figures.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

And M. Sonnerat noticed "two basso-relievos placed at the entrance of the choir of Bordeaux Cathedral, one of which represents the ascension of our Saviour to heaven on an Eagle."

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

Although erected to the honour of Constantine, this arch commemorates the victories of Trajan, some of the basso-relievos, &c. having been pilfered from one of the arches of Trajan.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 345, December 6, 1828 by Various