Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases, Mostly of Pure Greek Workmanship Discovered in Sepulchres in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but Chiefly in the Neighbourhood of Naples during the Course of the Years MDCCLXXXIX and MDCCLXXXX... with Remarks on Each Vase by the Collector. First edition
Naples: M.W. Tischbein, 1791-[1795], Folio (513 x 390mm.). Untrimmed in thick rag covers with 4 of the original covers laid down.
Vol. 1= Text: 159pp; 2 vols. of plates.
with 122 of a possible 253 plates, numbered in one vol. but not in the other.
2 vols. (of 4) bound in 3, 2 engraved titles (English and French), frontispiece and 122 plates (of 253), occasional soiling and slight fraying at edges, [Blackmer 778],], sold as a collection of plates.
OCLC Number: 962542982
French title: Recueil de gravures d'après des vases antiques la plus part d'un ouvrage grec trouvés dans des tombeaux dans le Royaume des Deux-Siciles, mais principalement dans les environs de Naples les années 1789 & 1790 tirées du cabinet de Monsieur le Chevalier Hamilton.
Title varies slightly.
NOTES
Fine plates illustrating William Hamilton's second collection of vases, his first having been sold to the British Museum in 1772. Published with the aid of Wilhelm Tischbein, director of the Royal Academy of Paintings at Naples, the plates exerted considerable influence on public taste, and on artists such as John Flaxman and Henry Fuseli. The present set is bound in 3 volumes: the first contains the engraved titles, frontispiece and text to volume 1; the second volume contains the plates to volume 1 (numbered 2-3 and 1-60) and the third volume contains 60 unnumbered plates (of 65, probably from volume 2). Item #16-3575
Price: $6,500.00