Iconology; or, a collection of emblematical figures, moral and instructive; . exhibiting the images of the elements and celestial bodies... selected and composed from the most approved emblematical representations of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and from the compositions of Cavaliere Cesare Ripa, Perugino, by George Richardson, architect.
Cesare Ripa (1560-1645)
Category
Books
Date
1777 - 1779
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3040498
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v bound in 4; fol. Provenance: manuscript inscription v.1: "2 Vols 157 RW"; manuscript inscription v.2: "4 Vols £2.0.0". Binding: Original eighteenth-century paper binding; manuscript inscription on front cover: "Book 1st [- 2d]" and "Book 3d [- 4th]".
Makers and roles
Cesare Ripa (1560-1645) William Hamilton (1751-1801) E. Malpas George Richardson (Edinburgh c. 1738 - London 1813)