A COLLECTION OF ITALIAN GILT-TOOLED, PAPER BOUND PLASTER IMPRESSIONS OF ANTIQUE GEMS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF ITALIAN GILT-TOOLED, PAPER BOUND PLASTER IMPRESSIONS OF ANTIQUE GEMS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

arranged in seven deal trays, each cameo numbered and arranged according to index, in deal trays with Bleu Royale paper lining

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The catalogue lists the impressions depicting Works of Art at the Vatican and Capitoline Museums, the Villa Albani, the Museums at Florence and Naples and Paris, interpretations of modern pictures at the Museo Sommariva and from extant works by Canova and Thörvaldsen, taken from the collections of Bartlomeo Paoletti and Pietro Figlio.

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