Specimens of antient sculpture, : Aegyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: / selected from different collections in Great Britain, by the Society of Dilettanti
Book
1809-1835 (published)
1809-1835 (published)
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2 v. : ill. ; fol.
With plates.
Vol. 2 published by Payne and Foss.
The author of the text of v. 1 is identified in the introduction to v. 2 as R.P. Payne, whose An inquiry into the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology is reprinted as an appendix with its own t.p. in v. 2, with [4], 83, [1] p. which includes the index to v. 2.
Many of the 75 plates in v. 1 and the 58 in v. 2 were drawn and engraved by J. Agar.
With plates.
Vol. 2 published by Payne and Foss.
The author of the text of v. 1 is identified in the introduction to v. 2 as R.P. Payne, whose An inquiry into the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology is reprinted as an appendix with its own t.p. in v. 2, with [4], 83, [1] p. which includes the index to v. 2.
Many of the 75 plates in v. 1 and the 58 in v. 2 were drawn and engraved by J. Agar.
Object details
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| Title | Specimens of antient sculpture, : Aegyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman: / selected from different collections in Great Britain, by the Society of Dilettanti |
| Materials and techniques | Bound book |
| Brief description | Book, 'Specimens of antient sculpture, : Aegyptian, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman, Vol. 1 / selected from different collections in Great Britain, by the Society of Dilettanti', London : printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for T. Payne, Pall Mall, and J. White & Co., Fleet Street. 1809-1835. |
| Physical description | 2 v. : ill. ; fol. With plates. Vol. 2 published by Payne and Foss. The author of the text of v. 1 is identified in the introduction to v. 2 as R.P. Payne, whose An inquiry into the symbolical language of ancient art and mythology is reprinted as an appendix with its own t.p. in v. 2, with [4], 83, [1] p. which includes the index to v. 2. Many of the 75 plates in v. 1 and the 58 in v. 2 were drawn and engraved by J. Agar. |
| Other number | 100.F.1 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041800998072 |
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| Record created | July 14, 2017 |
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