Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750
Title:
Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta : quibus Romanorum veterum ritus varii tam sacri quam profani, tum Graecorum atque Aegyptiorum nonnulli illustrantur / Romæ olim maxima ex parte collecta, ac dissertationibus jam singulis instructa, a Conyers Middleton, S.T.P. Academiae Cantabrigiensis Protobibliothecario. His appendicis item loco adjuncta est mumiae Cantabrigiensis descriptio.
Alternate Title(s):
Half-title: Antiquitates Middletonianae
Published / Created:
Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox in vico vulgo dicto Ludgate Hill, MDCCXLV [1745]
Physical Description:
xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, XXIII leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DE57 .M53 1745+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Half title on first leaf reads: Antiquitates Middletonianae.

An account of the collection which Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744.

Illustrations by J. Mynde (J. Mynde sculp.).

Engraved title page; engraved head- and tail-pieces.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advertisements on last leaf.

Errata slip pasted on page 266.

English short title catalogue, T125483

Cicognara, 2491

Dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy, 1701-1800. New Haven, Ct. : Yale University Press, 1997, page 658

An account of the collection which Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744.
Subject Terms:
Middleton, Conyers, 1683–1750. | Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797. | Classical antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Germany -- Antiquities, Roman. | Mummies. | Mummies. | Middleton, Conyers, 1683–1750. | Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797. | Classical antiquities. | Mummies. | Germany. | Lord Mountgarrett Library -- Bookplate. | Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 -- Ms. notes. | R. Manby et H.S. Cox -- Publisher. | Norwood, Thomas Wilkinson, Esq., B.A. -- Autograph, January, 1852.
Form/Genre:
Early works. | Etchings -- 1745. | Engraving -- 1745. | Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century. | Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century. | Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century. | Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Mynde, James, 1702–1771, printmaker. | Manby, Richard, -1769, publisher. | Cox, Henry Shute, publisher.