Title: A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, &c. From Various Museums and Collections Author: Moses, Henry Place: London Publisher: J. Taylor Date: [1814] Description: xii, 61, [1] pp. Engraved title page; 151 engraved plates including 9 with added hand-coloring. (4to) 9x7¼, later ½ brown morocco and marbled boards. First Edition Although most of the engraved plates are of vases and other antiquities in public and private collections (including the artist's own), there are nineteen finely-engraved plates in the section on tombs including the mausoleum of Hadrian, and the tombs of Caius Cestius, Cecilia Metella, Alexander Severus and Julia Mammea. Moses writes in his Preface that these "may not at first appear connected with the principal object of the work: yet as they represent some of the vast and superb sepulchral chambers in which Vases, Cinerary Urns, and Sarcophagi were deposited, and are taken from Bartoli and other celebrated authorities, it is hoped that they will be considered as an useful addition." This work is rumored to have inspired John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed, hinges cracked; several pages detached at front and rear; light foxing, primarily in margins; else very good. Item number: 183192
Title: A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, &c. From Various Museums and Collections Author: Moses, Henry Place: London Publisher: J. Taylor Date: [1814] Description: xii, 61, [1] pp. Engraved title page; 151 engraved plates including 9 with added hand-coloring. (4to) 9x7¼, later ½ brown morocco and marbled boards. First Edition Although most of the engraved plates are of vases and other antiquities in public and private collections (including the artist's own), there are nineteen finely-engraved plates in the section on tombs including the mausoleum of Hadrian, and the tombs of Caius Cestius, Cecilia Metella, Alexander Severus and Julia Mammea. Moses writes in his Preface that these "may not at first appear connected with the principal object of the work: yet as they represent some of the vast and superb sepulchral chambers in which Vases, Cinerary Urns, and Sarcophagi were deposited, and are taken from Bartoli and other celebrated authorities, it is hoped that they will be considered as an useful addition." This work is rumored to have inspired John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed, hinges cracked; several pages detached at front and rear; light foxing, primarily in margins; else very good. Item number: 183192
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