PASSERI, JOH. BAPTISTA. - ETRUSCAN VASES IN FINE HANDCOLOURING.

Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis nunc primum in unum collectae. Vol. Primum (of 3). Tabulas C. continens aere insculptas.

Rome, Joannis Zempel, 1767.

Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. the marbled paper on covers with some wear. Corners a bit bumped. A large, completely uncut copy. Htitle. Engraved handcoloured frontispiece.Title-page in red/black with handcoloured engraved vignette. LXXX (lacking 4 leaves (= XLIII-XLVI), XLVII-XLVIII in duplicate), 106,(2 - errat-leaf). Handcoloured textillustrations, handcoloured headpiece and initial and 100 fine handcoloured plates (10 double-page). Text as well as plates wide-margined (uncut) and clean, printed on thick paper. On verso of plate I a painting in watercolour.

First edition (volume one only) of this profusely illustrated and highly estimated work on etruscan vases, coloured after the original vases in the Vatican and other museums in Italy. Giovanni Battista Passeri was archaeologist and antiquary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Order-nr.: 50987