Albert Henri de Sallengre

Novus Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum Congestus AB

      Folio, 23 x 38 cm, extra-engraved title page, two engraved frontispieces, three title vignettes, and eighteen full-page plates -- two of which are folding, one nearly eroded. Also, additional illustrations in the text, and a few chapter vignettes. Printed in double-columns. BRUNET, Vol.V, pt1, p78. UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART. Vol.II, p.1810. Dibdin notes in his commentary on the History of Rome no collection is perfect without this title [see: LIBRARY COMPANION p.138]. Ex-library, bookplates on front pastedown, Rome bookseller label, plates unmarked, extra-engraved title remargined at fore-edge, moderate text age-toning, marbled endpapers and matching edges, elaborate gilt fillet motifs at borders back and front covers, raised bands, black leather spine labels printed in gilt, extremities except for backstrip show shelf wear. A very firm, clean set. [Publisher: Savzet]