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CATALOGUE OF THE VIENNA ANTIQUITY COLLECTION (ENGRAVED GEMS.) Arneth, Joseph. Monumente des K. K. Münz- und Antiken-Cabinettes in Wien. 25 engraved
CATALOGUE OF THE VIENNA ANTIQUITY COLLECTION (ENGRAVED GEMS.) Arneth, Joseph. Monumente des K. K. Münz- und Antiken-Cabinettes in Wien. 25 engraved plates of cameos and gems engraved by A. Schindler. iv, xii, 44, [4], pages. Folio, original grey ribbed cloth, rubbed and faded, remnants of sticker on foot of spine; small bequest label of Graf Leo Thun-Hohenstein on front pastedown. Vienna: Leopold Sommer, 1849
- Notes: first edition of this excellent catalogue. A collection of the antique cameos, antique intaglios, and 15th-18th century engraved gems in the Imperial Cabinet of Antiquities in Vienna. Apart from the first two plates which highlight the most important specimens, the following 23 show the gems in original size This volume is the first of a 3-part series by Arneth describing the best objects in the collection; the successive volumes were on the gold and silver objects, and engraved gems by Cellini, respectively. Only a handful of institutions contain all three together. "A highly esteemed and now very scarce work"--Sinkankas 208; Vinet 1658.
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