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QUARTRE DE QUINCY, Antoine Chrysostome (1755-1849). Le Jupiter Olympien: ou L'art de la sculpture antique. Paris: chez de Bure Frères, 1815. 2° (477 x 345mm). Half title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 31 plates, 19 hand-coloured (title spotted, occasional spotting mainly to text). Contemporary morocco-backed mottled boards (crudely repaired at foot of spine, rubbed). Provenance: Russian armorial bookplate. FIRST EDITION. Blackmer 1367: "Only 160 copies were printed"; Brunet IV, 1003: "Ouvrage curieux et d'une exécution magnifique."
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