A Collection of Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, Etc. from Various Museums and Collections. by MOSES, HENRY - 1814

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

J. Taylor, London, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. [An attractive copy] Square 4to. Bound in early 19th century leather. Elaborately gilt decorated spine and cover. All edges gilt. [2], xii, 63, [1] pages, 151 plates, 10 hand-colored. Scattered spotting. Reputed to be the inspiration for Keats' Ode to a Grecian Urn and a useful book fore designers in the neo-classical style. Eighteen vignettes and 151 engraved plates, ten of which are hand-colored in watercolor to resemble terra cotta. Works from the collections of the British Museum, Thomas Hope, Sir John Soane, Piranesi, etc.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1814. Hardback, contemporary half-morocco, gilt titles to spine, raised bands. Top edge gilt. Pp. xii, 61 + 150 full-page plates to rear, of which 10 are hand-coloured. Engraved title page and 18 plates within the text. 1st edition. nd. [circa1814]. Binding very slightly rubbed. A charming gilt decorative leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle to front pastedown. A splendid copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (ac12). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

From Various Museums and Collections. Engraved on 170 Plates.An influential compendium of the decorative motifs of the Greco-Roman world.With 151 engraved plates (numbered 1-150 with additional plate 115*), 18 additional engraved vignettes in the text, and engraved title page (slightly foxed as usual). Including 10 hand-coloured plates of vases, the Portland Vase and paterae in the British Museum, and 11 mezzotints of Roman tombs and sepulchral chambers.Henry Moses (1781-1870) was an English engraver who worked on Ancient Marbles in the British Museum (1812-1845), Select Greek and Roman Antiquities (1817), Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield (1819), as well as book illustrations to Faust (1821), Fridolin (1824), etc.First published in 1814 under the imprint of Richard and Arthur Taylor, Henry G. Bohn acquired the remainders from his father in 1831 and released them under his own name soon after.Rebound in brown cloth with new endpapers, a few signatures springing loose. One plate, No.… Read More

London: H.G. Bohn, [1814]. Good. 23 cm; xi, 61, [1] pages, and 151 engraved plates (numbered 150), twelve of them hand colored. Eighteen additional engraved vignettes in text. Engraved title page. Bound in contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards, with leather title label. Joints reinforced. Engraved title page somewhat foxed and toned. Light toning at edges, but plates generally clean and free of blemishes. Reference: Bohn, A catalogue of books (1848) p. 150. Influential compendium of the decorative motives of the Greco-Roman world. Published in 1814 under the imprint of Richard and Arthur Taylor, Henry G. Bohn acquired the remainders from his father in 1831 and released them under his own name.