[Rarebooks] FS: Classic illustrated work on ancient Roman oil lamps. Rome: 1704

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Bartoli, Pietro Santi and Giovanni Pietro Bellori. LE ANTICHE LUCERNE 
SEPOLCRALI FIGURATE Raccolte dalle Cave Sotterranee, e Grotte di Roma, nelle Quali si 
Contengono Molte Erudite Memorie... Divise in Tre Parti... Rome: No pub. 
1704. Folio (13-3/4” tall). 3 parts in 1, each with an added engraved title. 
(4);16,16;12pp. Plus a total of 116 copper engraved plates of ancient Roman oil 
lamps. Each numbered plate is separately described in the text section. Cont. 
vellum, lightly soiled, later red calf spine label. Old armorial bookplate 
(partially removed) on the front pastedown.     $1,500.00
The first edition of this work is 1691. The copper plates in our 1704 edition 
are very nice, strong impressions.

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