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BELLORI, Giovanni Pietro - Veterum illustrium philosophorum …
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92
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BELLORI, Giovanni Pietro - Veterum illustrium philosophorum …
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
BELLORI, Giovanni Pietro - Veterum illustrium philosophorum poetarum rhetorum et oratorum imagines ex vetustis nummis, gemmis, hermis, marmoribus, aliisque antiquis monumentis desumptae. Rome, De Rubeis (chalcographie de), 1739. 3 parts in one vol. in-folio, (3) ff, 20, 16, 15 pp, 3 engraved titles, front and 95 engraved plates h. t. by Jacques Blondeau, Jean Collin and Benoît Thiboust, half brown calf, smooth spine decorated a little faded, headpieces and upper hn. partly rest.
BRUNET I, 759. CICOGNARA 2765. Second edition. It reproduces the first of 1685. Bellori (Rome 1613-1696) was an archaeologist, critic and art historian, member of the Academy of Saint Luke. His work is limited to heroes of thought, excluding all those who made a name for themselves through violence or feats of arms. The 95 plates reproduce coins, engraved stones, steles and sculptures, each of which is located in the Museum of Queen Christina, Fulvio Orsini, Cardinal Farnese, Leonardo Agostini, Cardinal Francesco Barberini, the Borghese Gardens, Achille Maffei, Felice Rondanini, Fabrizio Massimo, and more.
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