[Rarebooks] FS: Greek & Roman engraved gems w/40 plates. Vienna: 1788

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(GEMOLOGY) Eckhel, Joseph. CHOIX DES PIERRES GRAVEES DU CABINET IMPERIAL DES ANTIQUES Representees en XL. Planches Descrites et Expliquees par M. L'Abbe Eckhel. Vienna: Joseph Nobel DeKurzbek. 1788. First edition. Folio. (10),77,(1)pp. of letterpress text plus 40 copper engraved plates with engraved descriptions. Finely bound in full straight grained red morocco, gilt; gilt spine, circa 1825. Rebacked at an early date with the spine laid down. A bookseller's notes states "bound by Charles Lewis." With 2 engraved bookplates of the Earls of Derby (The Knowsley Library) with a few contemporary ink notes on the front endpaper, and a few notes on the bottom of a few plates. A.e.g. Title page a bit soiled and occasional light text soiling.	$1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Forty of the most important Greek and Roman engraved gems in the Imperial Cabinet of Antiquities in Vienna. See Sinkankas GEMOLOGY 1856 ("The plates are superb"); Cicognara 2829; Blackmer 529; Cohen-de Ricci p.343.


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