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1752. Rome, J.M. Salivioni, 1752. Halftitle, title pp v-xvi, pp. 1-111, 1 blank, 113 - 119, 1 blank, 120 (misnumbered 211) - 130 pp, 1 errata leaf. 6 plates numbered I-VI, 4 of which are folding. (plates 1 & 6 with old restaurations). Half calf, decorated paper boards (binding rubbed, some waterstaining and foxing). Edges sprinkled red. A copy with large margins. Only edition of a fine work on mosaics by the learned archaeologist Furietti. The first plate depicts the celebrated mosaic of four doves perched on a drinking vessel which the author had discovered at the Villa Adria in 1737 and which Pliny mentions in his Natural History. It is now in the Capitoline Museum. [c.f.Berlin Katalog 3946; Graesse II, 647 (mistakenly indicating 8 plates)]
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