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SINKANKAS'S COPY, BOUND BY HIM FICORONI, FRANCESCO. Gemmae Antiquae Litteratae, aliaequae rariores. Edited by Nicolao Galeotti. 26 engraved

SINKANKAS'S COPY, BOUND BY HIM FICORONI, FRANCESCO. Gemmae Antiquae Litteratae, aliaequae rariores. Edited by Nicolao Galeotti. 26 engraved plates, including four folding. 4to, bound by john sinkankas in 1/4 burgundy leather, spine gilt with lettering and decoration, initials on lower front cover. Rome, 1757

  • Notes: first edition. A thorough depiction and description of inscribed and engraved gems, including several phallic gems. One of the folding plates shows the erection of an Egyptian obelisk in the Campo Marzo, Rome and, as such, is one of the rarest illustrations of that event. Ex-library John Sinkankas with his bookplate and binding. Sinkankas 2088.

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