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PERGOLESI, Michele Angelo. [...Original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, pannels and other ornaments in the Etruscan and Grotesque style. London: 1777-1791].
2° (502 x 332mm). Without title or text. Etched dedication leaf to Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland, 60 etched plates only (of 66), one incorporating an engraved cameo portrait of the dedicatee, five others with engraved circular vignettes (two signed as being by Bartolozzi after Cipriani). (Some old dampstaining, plates numbered 36-39 and 50 with outer margins strengthened.) Old half cloth (spine rubbed, joints splitting).
These designs were published intermittently, probably in parts each containing 5 plates, between 1777 and 1792. A copy sold in these rooms in 1983 included the prospectus (from which the title is taken) and was apparently complete with 66 plates including a second dedication leaf, to the Duchess of Buccleugh. Berlin Kat. 593 (dedication and 60 plates only, as the present copy).
2° (502 x 332mm). Without title or text. Etched dedication leaf to Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland, 60 etched plates only (of 66), one incorporating an engraved cameo portrait of the dedicatee, five others with engraved circular vignettes (two signed as being by Bartolozzi after Cipriani). (Some old dampstaining, plates numbered 36-39 and 50 with outer margins strengthened.) Old half cloth (spine rubbed, joints splitting).
These designs were published intermittently, probably in parts each containing 5 plates, between 1777 and 1792. A copy sold in these rooms in 1983 included the prospectus (from which the title is taken) and was apparently complete with 66 plates including a second dedication leaf, to the Duchess of Buccleugh. Berlin Kat. 593 (dedication and 60 plates only, as the present copy).