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<dl><dd>Woodcut arms on t.p. of Innocent X, to whom work is dedicated. Engraved frontispiece by Jean Baron. The 6 plates are etchings with engraving; that facing p. 48 signed with monogram SF. In-text woodcuts</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi A-V X(X[4]+X3) Y-3K</dd>
<dd>Page 167 misnumbered 177. Interpolated leaf X3 paged 169/170, 171/172</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Sloan candidate</dd>
<dd>Getty c. 2 lacks plate facing p. 274</dd>
<dd>Getty c. 2 includes 3 plates not part of work as published. Facing p. 228: etching of theater masks. Between p. 234 &amp; 235: sheet "gravé par Stagnon, revu par Choffard," captioned "Peintres découvertes à Herculanum &amp; conservées dans le Muséum de Portici"; it bears two plates numbered 92 &amp; 93 taken from Saint Non's Voyage pittoresque, ou, Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile (Paris, 1781-86). Facing p. 270: etching of a ceramic fragment, labelled in MS "PL. IX."</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: vellum, author &amp; title on spine in gilt, page edges yellow. Theodore Besterman's caligraphic label, signed P.S. Property stamp on t.p. of Biblioteca Magn[3-4 letters], Città di Bolo[gna], 1816. Inscription at foot of t.p. scratched out</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 2: 19th-century marbled paper, backed in gilt-tooled leather incorporating title. Edges red. Two ownership inscriptions of Jesuit College, Paris. Property stamp on t.p. of Jesuits in Marseille. Bookseller's label of A.F. Voltaire, Marseille</dd>
<dd>[8], 168, 169/170, 171/172, 173-437, [15] p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : 33 cm. (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Woodcut arms on t.p. of Innocent X, to whom work is dedicated. Engraved frontispiece by Baronius. The 6 plates are etchings with engraving; that facing p. 48 signed with monogram SF. In-text woodcuts</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi⁴ A-V⁴ X⁴(X[4]+X3) Y-3K⁴</dd>
<dd>Library's copy 2 includes 3 plates not part of work as published. Facing p. 228: etching of theater masks. Between p. 234 &amp; 235: sheet "gravé par Stagnon, revu par Choffard," captioned "Peintres découvertes à Herculanum &amp; conservées dans le Muséum de Portici"; it bears two plates numbered 92 &amp; 93 taken from Saint Non's Voyage pittoresque, ou, Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile (Paris, 1781-86). Facing p. 270: etching of a ceramic fragment, labelled in MS "PL. IX."</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Antiquities; Civilization; Rome -- Civilization -- Early works to 1800; Rome -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800; Rome (Empire)</div>
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Casali, Giovanni Battista, 1578-1648</div>
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