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Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems
by John Spilsbury
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Very good copy of engraver John Spilsbury's fine engravings of Roman cameos
From the collections of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville, politician Lord Algernon Percy, and art dealer Thomas Moore Slade.
Complete with title page, list of prints, and 50 copperplate engravings with deep and crisp impressions.
Published in parts from 1781 to 1784, and in collected form in 1785.
Subjects include Roman and Greek myth, figures of Hercules, Bacchus, Cupid, Mercury, Ariadne, Chimera, Amazons, as well as historical figures such as Cleopatra, Scipio Africanus, Gaius Maecenas.
John Spilsbury (1739-1795) was an English cartographer, engraver and publisher. He is also credited with the invention of the jigsaw puzzle when he created his first "dissected map" in 1766.
Brown leather spine with four raised bands, gilt tooling and title, edges scuffed and bumped, marble-boards stained, interior foxed and spotted (as usual with this title).
From the collections of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville, politician Lord Algernon Percy, and art dealer Thomas Moore Slade.
Complete with title page, list of prints, and 50 copperplate engravings with deep and crisp impressions.
Published in parts from 1781 to 1784, and in collected form in 1785.
Subjects include Roman and Greek myth, figures of Hercules, Bacchus, Cupid, Mercury, Ariadne, Chimera, Amazons, as well as historical figures such as Cleopatra, Scipio Africanus, Gaius Maecenas.
John Spilsbury (1739-1795) was an English cartographer, engraver and publisher. He is also credited with the invention of the jigsaw puzzle when he created his first "dissected map" in 1766.
Brown leather spine with four raised bands, gilt tooling and title, edges scuffed and bumped, marble-boards stained, interior foxed and spotted (as usual with this title).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo213
- Title
- Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems
- Author
- John Spilsbury
- Illustrator
- John Spilsbury
- Format/Binding
- Half leather, gilt spine, marble boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Boydell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1785]
- Size
- Quarto, 28 x 20cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- John Spilisbury, antique gems, cameo, engraving, classical, Roman, myth, history, Regency, Georgian, engraving, carving, precious stone
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient History;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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