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De origine et usu obeliscorum by ZOEGA, Georg
Book Description
Rome: Lazzarini, 1797. First edition. Large Paper Copy. Folio (430 x 280 mm.). vii, xl, 266, [1] pp. With engraved title vignette, three headpieces (including a portrait of Pope Pius VI, the dedicatee), seven intertextual illustrations and eight folding plates by Roncalli and Antonini. Period-style full brown calf with blind-stamped borders, brown morocco gilt spine label, brown endpapers. Scattered light foxing. Previous owner's stamp to blank upper margin of title page. A very tall and clean copy. The work was commissioned by Pius VI to celebrate the re-erection and restoration of the obelisk in Piazza Montecitorio. [Zoega's] labours in numismatics led him to take up Egyptological and Coptic studies, which he carried on with success. As a result of his labors he was able to point out to later investigators the path to be followed in the interpretation of hieroglyphics. He is regarded as the associate of Winckelmann and Visconti in establishing scientific archaeology. His services to learning were also acknowledged in foreign countries by his election in 1806 to membership in the Academies of Science at Berlin and Vienna.
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