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a set of six books with gold covers and black bindingsan old book with many pages and a pen sitting on top of itseveral open books with drawings on them on a blue surface
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5 - VISCONTI (Ennio-Quirino). Works of Ennius Quirinus Visconti.…
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VISCONTI (Ennio-Quirino). Works of Ennius Quirinus Visconti. Milan, Giegler, 1818–1824. 8 volumes in-8, in full contemporary stiff vellum, plain spine with decorative lettering. Portrait of the author after Locatelli and 423 line-engraved plates, some folded, arranged as follows: 1/ Pius-Clementine Museum. 4 volumes. 255 plates. 2/ Monuments of the Chiaramonti Museum, described and explained by Philippe Aurèle Visconti and Joseph Guattini, serving as a sequel and supplement to the Pius-Clementine Museum, translated from the Italian by A.F. Sergent-Marceau. 1 volume. 46 plates. 3/ Greek Iconography or Collection of Authentic Portraits of Emperors, Kings and Illustrious Men of Antiquity. 3 volumes. 168 plates. Ennius-Quirino Visconti (1758–1818), an archaeologist of Italian origin, was curator of antiquities at the Louvre from 1803 to 1818.
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About the sale Catalogue sale of antique and modern books, engravings and documents
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Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
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