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Property of a Gentleman

James V. Millingen | Peintures antiques et inédites de vases grecs. 1813, folio, half calf

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Property of a Gentleman

James V Millingen

Peintures antiques et inédites de vases grecs, tirées de diverses collections. Rome: De Romanis, 1813


FIRST EDITION, folio (560 x 380mm.), half-title, 63 engraved plates, 7 folding, modern half calf, uncut, a few plates and some text leaves spotted, 2 plates misbound (35 and 37)


A description of the collection of vases belonging to Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, who had financed excavations at Pompeii, which contains the first attempt to ascribe specific uses to particular vase shapes.


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