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Gemmology AGOSTINI (Leonardo) Gemmae et Sculpturae...

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Gemmology AGOSTINI (Leonardo) Gemmae et Sculpturae antiquae Depictae Franeker, Strik, 1694. 2 parts in one volume in-4: frontispiece, 16f. portrait, 3 allegorical plates not numbered, 3f. (index), 83pp. 214 plates out of text - 5f. 71pp. 1f. (index), 51 plates out of text. A total of 268 plates of antique gems and cameos. Bound in contemporary Dutch brown calf, spine decorated with geometrical cold decoration and alternating shades of leather, gilt fillet on the boards, fleurons in the spandrels, cold roulette on the edges, marbled edges. Works concerning ancient gems and cameos from the collection of Cardinal Francesco Barberini of Rome.