Gemmarum antiquarum delectus; . ex præstantioribus desumptus, quæ in dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur. ... Choix de pierres antiques gravées, du cabinet du Duc de Marlborough.
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815)
Category
Books
Date
1780 - 1791
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3056518
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates . ill.., ports.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue (entry added in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate on both vols.: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of both vols.: "The gift of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough".. Binding: Both vols. have 18th century calf bindings, with red sprinkling; gilt roll panelling on boards; gilt roll on board edges; gilt Greek key roll on turn-ins; gold-tooled spines, with gilt title 'Marlborough's gems' and vol. no.; marbled edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815) Jacob Bryant (1715-1804) William Cole (1753-1806) George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG, FRS (1739-1817)