Three dissertations; one on the characters of Augustus, Horace and Agrippa, with a comparison between his two ministers Agrippa and Maecenas, by the Abbe de Vertot. To which is added, some reflections on the characters of Augustus, Maecenas and Horace, and on the works of Horace, by the Earl of Shaftsbury. With a print from an ancient painting, representing Augustus, Agrippa, Maecenas and Horace. Another on the gallery of Verres, by the Abbe Fraguier, in which many excellent pieces of ancient statuary, sculpture and painting are described. A third on the nature, origin and use of masks, in theatrical representations among the ancients, by Mr. Boindin. With a print from a fine antique bas-relief, lately discover'd at Rome, representing ancient actors in their masks, with a musician playing on the double tibia.
George Turnbull (1698-1748)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3217236
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv [i.e. xxiii], [1], 122 [i.e. 118] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 7268. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "Three Dissert:" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript initial on title page: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "γ'." [i.e. gamma' = Greek number 3]. These inscriptions on the title page will have been added before the book was bound and fly-leaves added. Manuscript capital letter (smudged) at foot of title page: "L". Binding: eighteenth-century quarter-bound calf with two strips of marbled paper over boards; sewn onto three sewing supports; six raised bands on spine. Untrimmed deckle edges. Three stab-stitch holes through textblock pre- current binding.
Makers and roles
George Turnbull (1698-1748), editor Abbé René-Aubert de Vertot d'Auboeuf (1655-1735, author Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), author Fraguier, Claude François, author Boindin, Nicolas, author James Mynde (1702-1771), engraver (printmaker) Camillo Paderni (d.c.1770), photographer