Choix Des Pierres Gravées Du Cabinet Impérial Des Antiques Representées En XL. Planches Décrites Et Expliquées Par M. L'Abbé Eckhel Directeur De Ce Cabinet Et Professeur Des Antiquités En L'Université De Vienne.

Joseph Hilarius von Eckhel abbé

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/3362

Author

Joseph Hilarius von Eckhel abbé

Imprint

A Vienne En Autriche: De L'Imprimerie De Joseph Noble De Kurzbek, Libraire-Imprimeur De La Cour., MDCCLXXXVIII.

Physical Description

[14], 77, [1] p., 40 pl.; 370 mm. (Folio.)

[T.p.] - Avant-Propos - Table Des Planches - [Text] - [Plates].

Responsibility Note

All plates are signed as drawn by Kibler, apart from one signed as drawn by Kohl. All are signed by engravers - Kohl, Mark, Schülz, Ponheimer, Mansfeld, Adam, Durmer.

Summary Note

The plates show gems, representing figures either from Greek mythology or from history (Augustus, Tiberius, Agrippina, Claudius, Hadrian, Antinous, Ptolemy Philadelphus, a king).

The former Cabinet Impérial Des Antiques is now part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Provenance

Presented by the Lord Josceline Percy in 1871 (see 'Library Report for the Year 1871', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 7, p. 31). The verso of the front free-endpaper is inscribed in pencil 'S:A:H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.

Binding Note

18th-century calf; rebacked in 1992 by R. Paling, spine lettered 'Choix Des Pierres Gravées'.

Name as Subject

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Subject

Mythology, Greek
Celebrities - Rulers - Rome - Egypt - History
Gems, Greek - Gems, Roman - History
Collections - Austria - Vienna - 18th century
Catalogues - Austria - 18th century
Pictorial works - Austria - 18th century

Contributors

Josef Lorenz von Kurzböck, printer, bookseller
Robert Paling, binder
Clemens Kohl, engraver
Kilian Ponheimer, engraver
Friedrich Kibler, draughtsman
Franz Valentin Durmer, engraver
Lord Josceline Percy, donor, previous owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)