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| 245 | 0 | 0 | $a Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus; Ex Præstantioribus Desumptus, Quæ In Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur. - Choix De Pierres Antiques Gravées Du Cabinet Du Duc De Marlborough. - Tom. I. (II.) - |
| 246 | 3 | # | $a Choix De Pierres Antiques Gravées Du Cabinet Du Duc De Marlborough |
| 260 | # | # | $a Londini: $b Apud Joannem Murray. $c M.DCCC.XLV. $c [1845] |
| 300 | # | # | $a 2 vols.; $c 435 mm. |
| 500 | # | # | $a Vol. I: [112] p., frontis., 50 pl. - Vol. II: [108] p., frontis., 50 pl. |
| 505 | 0 | # | $a Vol. I: [Frontis, t.p.] - Lectori Editor S. / Avertissement De L'Editeur - Index Gemmarum /table Des Pierres Gravées - [Divisional t.p.] - [Text and pl.]. - Vol. II: [Frontis., t.p.] - Index Gemmarum / Table Des Pierres Gravées - [Divisional t.p.] - [Text and pl.]. |
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$a The Latin text of Volume I was by Jacob Bryant, with a French translation by Paul Henry Maty; that of Volume II was by William Cole, with a French translation by Louis Dutens. The two frontispieces are signed as designed by G.B. ('J.B.' in Vol. II) Cipriani and engraved by F. Bartolozzi. All plates in Volume I and the last plate in Volume II are signed as drawn by G.B. Cipriani and engraved by F. Bartolozzi; all others in Volume II are unsigned. The printer is named on the versos of the title pages: 'Excudebat Gulielmus Baxter, Oxon.' |
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$a N. Story-Maskelyne, The Marlborough gems (1870). D. Scarisbrick, 'English collectors of engraved gems', in M. Henig, Classical gems ancient and modern intaglios and cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1994), p.xiii-xxiii. |
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$a The work had first been privately printed in two volumes ca. 1783. In this edition the frontispiece of Volume I carries the date of 1780. The text is in Latin and French throughout. The work describes one hundred engraved gems in the collection of the Duke of Marlborough. This celebrated collection had been assembled mainly by the fourth Duke, who bought the Arundel, Bessborough and Zanetti collections. Each plate shows one gem, enlarged, with a scale-bar beneath. The gems show figures from Greek mythology or portraits of celebrated Greeks and Romans. Two of the most famous are that showing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche (which the Duke allowed to be reproduced by Wedgwood) (Vol. I., pl. 50) and that showing the head of Antinous. The frontispiece of Volume I shows Caesar offering caskets of gems to Venus; that of Volume II, an allegoric figure repulsing Time. The collection was sold by the seventh Duke in 1875. |
| 561 | # | # | $a Purchased 1874-5 (see 'List of Books Purchased and Presented', RA Annual Report for 1874-5, Appendix No. 5, p. 41). |
| 563 | # | # | $a 19th-century half green morocco, green cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers gilt-stamped with armorial device and motto of the Dukes of Marlborough; spines lettered 'Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus Choix De Pierres Gravées. Du Cabinet Du Duc De Marlborough Tome I. (II.)', 'R.A.' and 'Londini M.DCCC.XLV.' |
| 600 | 1 | 4 | $a Marlborough |
| 600 | 1 | 4 | $a Marlborough |
| 653 | # | # | $a Mythology, Greek - Iconography |
| 653 | # | # | $a Celebrities, Greek - Celebrities, Roman - Portraits - History |
| 653 | # | # | $a Gems, Greek - Gems, Roman - History |
| 653 | # | # | $a Collections - Great Britain - 19th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Catalogues - Great Britain - 19th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century |
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| 700 | 1 | # | $a Bartolozzi $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Baxter $e printer |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Bryant |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Cole |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Maty $e translator |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Dutens $e translator |