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[PERGOLESI, MICHEL ANGELO. ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF VASES, FIGURES, MEDALLIONS, FRIEZES, PILASTERS, PANNELS AND OTHER ORNAMENTS, IN THE ETRSUCAN AND GROTESQUE STYLES, LONDON, 1777-92], 2°, NO TITLE OR TEXT, BUT WITH PROPOSAL FOR THE PUBLICATION AND ENGRAVED DEDICATION TO HUGH PERCY, DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, 60 ENGRAVED PLATES, OLD HALF CALF GILT (A LITTLE RUBBED AND SOILED); SOLD AS A COLLECTION OF PLATES NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.
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ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSAL, THIS WORK WAS TO BE ISSUED IN 20 NUMBERS, CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 100 PLATES, 5 IN EACH NUMBER. BUT THE NUMBER OF PLATES CONFORMS WITH THE COPIES SOLD BY CHRISTIE'S AT KING STREET, IN THE ARCHITECTURE SALE OF 28 SEPTEMBER, 1988, LOTS 283 AND 284.