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![[Inscription, in Greek, in honour of the musician Crato].](jpegs/39684.jpg)
[Inscription, in Greek, in honour of the musician Crato]. Marmori antiquo sub Eumene Pergami rege ante Christianam aeram plus CLannis in Cratonis [...]
[c.1737]
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 525 x 420mm (20¾ x 16½"), very large margins.
Engraving, on a scale one third of the original, of a Greek inscription in honour of Crato, the musician of Pergamus. It was erected in the reign of Eumenes in the pre-Christian era and brought from the village of Segucque (between Smyrna [now Izmir] and Ephesus) by Captain Thomas Morley. The plate was engraved at the expense of the antiquary Joseph Ames, and dedicated to the Society of Antiquaries (to which Ames had been admitted in 1736).
See Ames, 'Typographical Antiquities'.
[Ref: 39684] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1737]
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark; platemark 525 x 420mm (20¾ x 16½"), very large margins.
Engraving, on a scale one third of the original, of a Greek inscription in honour of Crato, the musician of Pergamus. It was erected in the reign of Eumenes in the pre-Christian era and brought from the village of Segucque (between Smyrna [now Izmir] and Ephesus) by Captain Thomas Morley. The plate was engraved at the expense of the antiquary Joseph Ames, and dedicated to the Society of Antiquaries (to which Ames had been admitted in 1736).
See Ames, 'Typographical Antiquities'.
[Ref: 39684] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Koniglicher Lust Bronnen.
P. Decker invent. et del. Johan Balthasar Probst Sculpsit.
Jeremias Wolff excudit Aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1711.]
Engraving. Watermarked paper. Platemark: 380 x 420mm (15 x 16¼"), with large margins. Creases.
A plate from 'Fürstlicher Baumeister, oder architectura civilis', (The Princely Architect or: Civil Architecture) published by Jeremias Wolff, 1711. In its essence this book contains the architect Paul Decker’s ideal prospect, or rather prescription, for the perfect nobleman’s palace.
[Ref: 40067] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
P. Decker invent. et del. Johan Balthasar Probst Sculpsit.
Jeremias Wolff excudit Aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1711.]
Engraving. Watermarked paper. Platemark: 380 x 420mm (15 x 16¼"), with large margins. Creases.
A plate from 'Fürstlicher Baumeister, oder architectura civilis', (The Princely Architect or: Civil Architecture) published by Jeremias Wolff, 1711. In its essence this book contains the architect Paul Decker’s ideal prospect, or rather prescription, for the perfect nobleman’s palace.
[Ref: 40067] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Epicurus, on Onyx, Dr. Chauncey.
T. Worlidge sc.
According to Act of Parliam.t [n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 80 x 70mm (3 x 2½"), with very large margins.
A cameo of ancient philosopher Epicurus, founder of Epicureanism, a school of philosophy holding that pleasure is the greatest good (although obtained through living modestly and gaining knowledge of the workings of the world). From a collection of 180 prints the 'English Rembrandt' Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) made from antique gems.
For another print from the same collection see refl. 32584.
[Ref: 39758] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
T. Worlidge sc.
According to Act of Parliam.t [n.d., c.1760]
Etching, platemark 80 x 70mm (3 x 2½"), with very large margins.
A cameo of ancient philosopher Epicurus, founder of Epicureanism, a school of philosophy holding that pleasure is the greatest good (although obtained through living modestly and gaining knowledge of the workings of the world). From a collection of 180 prints the 'English Rembrandt' Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) made from antique gems.
For another print from the same collection see refl. 32584.
[Ref: 39758] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
S. Giovanni Battista.
Andrea del Sarto dipinse. Gio. Batta. Nocchi di: ed inc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching, open letter proof. 350 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John the Baptist, bare-chested and with halo, after Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530). Giovanni Battista Nocchi etched a series of prints after paintings in the Uffizi; this painting is now in the Palazzo Pitti museum.
[Ref: 39715] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Andrea del Sarto dipinse. Gio. Batta. Nocchi di: ed inc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching, open letter proof. 350 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"), very large margins.
Half-length portrait of John the Baptist, bare-chested and with halo, after Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530). Giovanni Battista Nocchi etched a series of prints after paintings in the Uffizi; this painting is now in the Palazzo Pitti museum.
[Ref: 39715] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)