Gargiulo, Raffaele. Raccolta de monumenti più interessanti del Re. Museo Borbonico e di varie collezioni private.

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).

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