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Naples, Museo Reale, 1825.
Large 4to (235 x 282 mm). Engr. t. p., 160 (1 folding) outline engravings. Contemp. green boards with giltstamped title to spine.
€ 750.00
First edition.
The plates depict classical busts, sculptures, vases, candelabra, armours, pitchers, murals, etc. For the ceramist R. Gargiulo (d. 1858) cf. Minghetti, Ceramisti (Milan, 1939).
Some insignificant foxing. Includes a ms. list of plates (8 pp.) at the end. Binding slightly rubbed. From the library of Duke Max in Bavaria (1808-88), father of Empress Elizabeth of Austria, with his shelfmark label.
References
Brunet II, 1485. Borroni 1856 (both mentioning 80 plates only). Murray III, 45 (citing two vols. with 200 plates).