Maximis, Fr. Xavier de.
£600
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Musei etrusci quod Gregorius XVI pont. max. in aedibus vaticanis constituit monimenta... Rome, 1842, folio, 2 volumes, engraved titles, 214 plates, contemporary half vellum gilt, worn, some foxing [mainly to titles] (2)
Footnote
Provenance: Bookplates of Norbury Booths Hall, 1862 and Robert Washington Oates.
Note: These volumes are the earliest catalogue of the collection of the The Gregorian Etruscan Museum, part of the Vatican Museum's complex, founded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1837. The first volume illustrates the numerous metalwork objects, as well as terracotta urns and fragments of wall decoration, and the second volume is entirely dedicated to engravings of the museum's impressive holdings of ancient vases. These objects are thought to have come from early 19th century excavations in southern Etruria, then part of the Pontifical state [Vulci, Cere, Bomarzo, Tarquinia and Toscanella].