Antiken Basreliefe von Rom; in den Originalkupferstichen von Tomaso Piroli in Rom. . .übersezt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von F. G. Welker
Giessen: Gottgetreu Müller, 1811. First German edition. Folio. [xii], 352 pp. Illustrated with 103 copper-engraved plates. Early 20th-century quarter-cloth and pastepaper boards; covers and backstrip worn; handwritten label mostly chipped off, occasional minor foxing to plates, overall very good condition. (96211). Item #11078
Erster Theil, die Albanischen Basreliefe. The first German edition of Li bassirilievi antichi di Roma..., first published in Rome in 1808, with copper-engraved plates by Tomaso Piroli and text by the Danish archeologist, Georg Zoega. Though this copy has the complement of plates, it only has the explanatory text through image 44. The plates, many featuring the dieties and stories of classical mythology, were drawn from the basreliefs on the Villa Albani. Brunet V, 1538.
Price: $700.00