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PASSERI, G.B. Picturae Etruscorum in vasculis nunc primum in unum collectae, explicationibus, et dissertationibus inlustratae. Vol. 3 . Rome, J. Zempel, 1775. 1 (of 3) vol. cxl, 84 pp. W. engr. front., engr. ti-vign., dedic. engr., engr. initials, head- and tailpieces & 101 beautiful engr. plain plates, incl. some double-p. (numb. CCI-CCC & CCLV Sec.). Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back, red & green label. (Spine dam. at the ends, corners bumped, but interior clean and printed on thick paper).
First edition (volume three only) of this profusely illustrated and highly estimated work on etruscan vases, after the original vases in the Vatican and other museums in Italy. - Giovanni Battista Passeri (1694-1780) was a noted archaeologist and antiquary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. - Blackmer 1265; Brunet IV, 418; Cicognara 2615.€ 500
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