Lot n° 236
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150 - 200
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: 80EUR
Canini, Jean-Ange. - Images des Héros et des grands hommes d - Lot 236
Canini, Jean-Ange. - Images des Héros et des grands hommes de l'antiquité dessinées sur des Médailles, des Pierres antiques et autres anciens Monumens... Amsterdam, B. Picart J. F. Bernard, 1731. In-4 bound in full contemporary calf, spine ribbed, title-piece - headbands faded, jaws partly split, corners pierced, plates browned - X, 377, [1] pp. Complete with portrait of E. Picart on the frontispiece by B. Picart, his son, the 105 captioned medals engraved with the effigies of illustrious men from ancient history and mythology, with their explanations given in French and Italian, the 10 additional medals bound after the table which are often missing and the final plate captioned "Virtutes non gemmae pulchritudinis decus" (virtues are not precious stones but the honor of beauty) depicting a young girl. The set was engraved by Étienne Picart and Guillaume Vallet.
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