Beschreibung
GORI, Antonio Francesco. Statuae antiquae deorum et virorum illustrium centum aereis tabulis incisae quae exstant in thesauro mediceo (museum floentinum exhibens insigniora vetustatis monumenta quae florentie sunt Ioanni Gastoni… dedicatum). Florence, Ex Typographia Francisci Moücke, 1734. FIRST EDITION. Large folio (47x34cm). No volume number statement, but issue no. 3 of "Museum Florentinum" (12 vols). XXXV, 100 full-page copperplate engravings, 111, [1] pp. Additional title page printed in red and black, inscribed on top corner: Milano 1855. Ing. G. Balzaretto . Engraved vignettes on t-ps, large historiated initials and headpieces. Very thick paper. Contemporary plain pasteboard, some paper loss to spine caps and little flaws at corners. All edges sprinkled in blue. A fresh, clean and crisp copy. Published as volume 3 of the Museum Florentinum, this is the first major work to properly describe the Roman monuments in the great Medici collection. The fine plates were executed by several engravers after the original drawings of Giovanni Battista Campiglia. The engravers are: C. Gregori, V. Franceschini, I.B. Iacobonus, G. Gutierrez, C. Magalli, G.B. Lapi, M. Pitteri, G. M. Preisler, C. Orsolini, M.A. Corsi, G.G. Frezza, S. Pomarede, Masini, Gabbuggiani, Rossi, M. Sorello. The colophon states that the work was printed 'Sumptibus Sociorum Nobilium Florentinorum'. The series statement includes a dedication to Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The plates are all captioned in Latin, and show: 1 Jupiter; 2 Juno; 3, 4 Leda; 5 Ganymede; 6,7 Minerva; 8- 12 Apollo; 13 Marsyas; 14, 15 Urania; 16-18 Musa; 19, 20 Diana; 21 Endymion; 22, 23 Aesculapius; 24, 25 Hygia; 26-35 Venus; 36 Venus et Mars; 37 Mars; 38, 39 Mercurius; 40, 41 Hermaphroditus; 42 Amor; 43, 44 Amor et Psyche; 45, 46 Dei Praestitis Signum; 47-54 Bacchus; 55-57 Baccha; 58, 59 Faunus; 60 Satyrus; 61 Pan; 62 Flora; 63 Pomona; 64-68 Hercules; 69 Aper Calydonius; 70 Victoria; 71 Narcissus; 72 Paris; 73, 74 Pancratistae; 75, 76 Athleta; 77, 78 Miles; 79 Equitis Transvectio; 80 Rex Phrygius; 81 Haruspicis Etrusci Signum; 82 Sulla; 83 Vir Consularis; 84 Scriniarius; 85-87 Vir Consularis; 88-90 Matrona; 91 Statua Bullata; 93 Britannicus; 93 Caius Caesar; 94 M. Aurelius; 95, 96 Explorator; 97 Philosophus; 98 Virgo Vestalis; 99 Sacerdos; 100 Camillus. Four plates state that the statue shown is of bronze (pl. 7, 45, 46, 81). Blackmer 711; Cicognara 3417. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1651397893993
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