Sale 2090
New York
|
22 April 2008
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
A SET OF TWELVE ITALIAN GILT-TOOLED LEATHER VOLUMES OF PLASTER INTAGLIOS 19TH CENTURY Each gilt-tooled leather box resembling a book and opening to reveal a hinged double sided group of numbered plaster intaglios, the sides written with their corresponding descriptions, the outer spine each titled PAOLETTI below the contents, which comprise Offere di Canova, Edifij, Museo Vaticano, Opere di Thorvaldsen, Opere di Thorvaldsen ed Edifij, Museo Sommariva, Vomini Illustri, Museo Di Firenze Ediparigi, Museo di Napoli Albani e Sommariva, Vomini Illustri, Museo Capitolino, and Munumenti in Vari Luoghi 11¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep (12)
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