WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim. Monumenti antichi inediti spiegati ed illustrati. Rome: a spese dell'autore, 1767. 2 volumes, 2° (388 x 270mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 208 engraved illustrations on 60 double-page and 7 single sheets, engraved illustrations in the text. (One plate in vol. I browned, another with a small marginal hole, few margins lightly dampstained in vol. II, spotted throughout.) Contemporary vellum, contrasting lettering-pieces. FIRST EDITION of this important work. Brunet V, 1463: "ouvrage très-recherché"; Cicognara 2506 -- Stefano RAFFEI. Ricerche sopra un Apolline della villa ... Albani. Rome: stamperia Salomoni, 1772 [bound with:] Saggio di osservazione sopra un bassorilievo della villa ... Albani. Rome: stamperia Salomoni, 1773 [and:] Il Nido, canzone didascalica sopra un antico nido di marmo. Rome: stamperia Salomoniana, 1778 [and:] Osservazioni sopra antichi monumenti nella villa ... Albani. Rome: stamperia Salomoni, 1779. 4 works in one volume, 2° (385 x 262mm). FIRST EDITION, supplement of the above work. 15 engraved plates. (Lightly spotted.) Contemporary vellum, contrasting lettering-pieces. Brunet V, 1463; Cicognara 2506. With the 1821 edition of the supplement (16 plates). (4)

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WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim. Monumenti antichi inediti spiegati ed illustrati. Rome: a spese dell'autore, 1767. 2 volumes, 2° (388 x 270mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 208 engraved illustrations on 60 double-page and 7 single sheets, engraved illustrations in the text. (One plate in vol. I browned, another with a small marginal hole, few margins lightly dampstained in vol. II, spotted throughout.) Contemporary vellum, contrasting lettering-pieces. FIRST EDITION of this important work. Brunet V, 1463: "ouvrage très-recherché"; Cicognara 2506 -- Stefano RAFFEI. Ricerche sopra un Apolline della villa ... Albani. Rome: stamperia Salomoni, 1772 [bound with:] Saggio di osservazione sopra un bassorilievo della villa ... Albani. Rome: stamperia Salomoni, 1773 [and:] Il Nido, canzone didascalica sopra un antico nido di marmo. Rome: stamperia Salomoniana, 1778 [and:] Osservazioni sopra antichi monumenti nella villa ... Albani. Rome: stamperia Salomoni, 1779. 4 works in one volume, 2° (385 x 262mm). FIRST EDITION, supplement of the above work. 15 engraved plates. (Lightly spotted.) Contemporary vellum, contrasting lettering-pieces. Brunet V, 1463; Cicognara 2506. With the 1821 edition of the supplement (16 plates). (4)

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