Description des pierres gravées du feu Baron de Stosch dediée a son eminence monseigneur le cardinal Aléxandre Albani par M. L' Abbé Winckelmann.. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Description des pierres gravées du feu Baron de Stosch dediée a son eminence monseigneur le cardinal Aléxandre Albani par M. L' Abbé Winckelmann.

Florence, André Bonducci, 1760. 4to. (7),+ (blank), 596 pp.+ 9 engr. plates. Foxing in beginning and at the end. Contemporay Italian vellum, spine with gilt lettering, edges red speckled. Book plate of George Wilbraham. Lacks the preface and the index. Cicognara 3072 (no plates). Vinet 1628. Sinkankas 7277. Zazoff pp. 51-57. Justi Winckelmann II, pp. 238ff. First edition and one of the rare copies printed on better paper and with plates of Winckelmann?s catalogue of Baron de Stosch?s collection of ancient engraved stones, gems. His catalogue is important in the history of gem collection and study, and set the standard for a long time. Most copies are without illustrations. The plates, mostly by Johann Adam Schweikart, were taken from the prepared but unpublished continuation of Stoch?s earlier ?Gemmae antiquae caelatea? There number varies from 8 (Sinkankas) to 12 (Zazoff). Here are nine: Jupiter combating Typhon, Hermaphrodite, Canine head, Kneeling faun, Baccha Solonis Opus, Tydaeus Heros, Athleta Cneii Opus, Urn, Horse Head.George Wilbraham (1779-1852) of Delamere was a Whig MP for Cheshire, member of the Royal Society and an author. He was an avid book collector.…