book (documentary artefact)

Catalogue in Italian, which contains descriptions of a four-volume set of casts of historical cameos, by Federico Dolce. Entitled 'Descrizioni di dugento gemme antiche nelle quali si contiene un saggio del vario disegno usato dalle piu' colte antiche nazione. Divise queste in quattro tavole da Federico Dolce opera utilissima per la gioventu' studiosa delle belle arti'. Published by Antonio Fulgoni, Rome. The book is bound in red leather. See nn6345 and nn6346, which are volumes two and three of the cameo set.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn6598
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 12 mm x 320 mm x 196 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
paper; ink; leather
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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