[Gems - Antiquity] AGOSTINI, Leonardo Le gemme antiche figurate = Gemmae et sculpturae antiquae. Amsterdam, A. Blooteling, 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to: portr.-front.-[pp.-3 pl.-[2 bl.]-[6]-pp.-pl.-[12]-71-[pp.-pl. (*1 missing?; some minor spotting and browning, not affecting the pl.). Contemp. calf (sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (joints split, defect. at head and tail). Amsterdam ed. of the Latin ed. of (orig. Rome 1657). "Engraved gem illustrations mostly taken from the antique with annotations by Giovanni Bellori, the noted Italian antiquary. The text is little more than a factual explanation of the objects depicted, but the engravings are remarkable for "relatively little detail" but done in a "clever, fresh buoyant manner"" (Sinkankas). Engr. ill.: portrait of Agostini, title, (of pl. in part I numbered 1-3 and 1-(pl. 108-& 142-missing), (of pl. in part II numbered 1-(9-18-missing). Ref. Sinkankas - Vinet - STCN (i.a. BL). Prov. P.P.C. Lammens (collector's ticket).
[Gems - Antiquity] AGOSTINI, Leonardo Le gemme antiche figurate = Gemmae et sculpturae antiquae. Amsterdam, A. Blooteling, 2 parts in 1 vol., sm. 4to: portr.-front.-[pp.-3 pl.-[2 bl.]-[6]-pp.-pl.-[12]-71-[pp.-pl. (*1 missing?; some minor spotting and browning, not affecting the pl.). Contemp. calf (sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (joints split, defect. at head and tail). Amsterdam ed. of the Latin ed. of (orig. Rome 1657). "Engraved gem illustrations mostly taken from the antique with annotations by Giovanni Bellori, the noted Italian antiquary. The text is little more than a factual explanation of the objects depicted, but the engravings are remarkable for "relatively little detail" but done in a "clever, fresh buoyant manner"" (Sinkankas). Engr. ill.: portrait of Agostini, title, (of pl. in part I numbered 1-3 and 1-(pl. 108-& 142-missing), (of pl. in part II numbered 1-(9-18-missing). Ref. Sinkankas - Vinet - STCN (i.a. BL). Prov. P.P.C. Lammens (collector's ticket).
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