Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gori, Antonio Francesco, 1691-1757
Title:
Museum Etruscum : exhibens insignia veterum Etruscorum monumenta aereis tabulis cc. / nunc primum edita et illustrata observationibus Antonii Francisci Gorii, publici historiarum professoris.
Alternate Title(s):
Musei Etrusci
Published / Created:
Florentiae : In aedibus auctoris regio permissu excudit Caietanus Albizinius typographus, Anno MDCCXXXVII-MDCCXXXXIII [1737-1743]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DG223 .G67 1737+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Half-title: Musei Etrusci.

Engravings by Giuseppe Menabuoni, Vincenzo Franceschini, Antonio Pazzi, Giuseppe Papini, Giovanni Lapi, Jacques Barbié, and Carlo Bartolomeo Gregori, after Giuseppe Menabuoni.

Vol. 3 is dated 1743 and has has title: Museum Etruscum, exhibens insignia veterum Etruscorum monumenta aereis tabulis c. nunc primum edita et illustrata observationibus Antonii Francisci Gori publici historiarum professoris : Adcedunt v. c. Io. Baptistae Passerii I.C. Pisaurensis dissertationes V [i.e. VI.] quas subiectus elenchus declarat nunc primum editae. Volumen tertium.

Colophon at end of v. 2 reads "Florentiae. Opus regio permissu in aedibus aucotis eius sumtibus excusum. Divina ope incoeptum IV. Kal. Februar. A. MDCCXXXVI et III Kap-Septerbr. A. MDCCXXXCII. Feliciter Absolutum.

Date of publication precedes printer statement in imprint. Imprint varies slightly

Title pages printed in red and black, with engraved vignettes.

Engraved head- and tail pieces and initials.

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara 2584

Includes index.

BAC: All volumes bound in gilt-tooled red roan. Probably bound for Count McCarthy by Robert Weir. Has armorial bookplate: Henry Drummond, Albury Park, Surrey.
Subject Terms:
Etruria -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Art, Etruscan -- Early works to 1800. | Drummond, Henry -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1737-1743. | Engravings -- 1737-1743.
Contributors:
Passeri, Giovanni Battista, 1694–1780. | Menabuoni, Giuseppe, approximately 1708–, ill. | Franceschini, Vincenzo, 1680–approximately 1744, engraver. | Pazzi, Antonio, 1706–approximately 1766, engraver. | Papini, Giuseppe, engraver. | Lapi, Giovanni, engraver. | Barbié, Jacques, engraver. | Gregori, Carlo Bartolomeo, 1702–1759, engraver.