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A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, cameos as well as intaglios taken from the most celebrated cabinets in Europe; and cast in coloured pastes, white enamel, and sulphur, by James Tassie, modeller. 2 vols.
por Raspe, Rudolph E
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London: James Tassie, 1791. lxxiv, 800, 12, 50, 16 pages plus 58 engraved plates. This one of only 21 subscribers copies on large paper, this copy for George Douglas of Carvers with his book plate to each front pastedown. Bound in period rolled calf, with gilt spined; vol I rebacked preserving much of the original spine. 29x23cms. Raspe's monumental catalogue of Tassie's casts of cameos and intaglios is still, after 220 years, an essential tool for establishing the history and provenance of engraved gems. Text in English and French.
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- Thomas Heneage Art Books
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- A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, cameos as well as intaglios taken from the most celebrated cabinets in Europe; and cast in coloured pastes, white enamel, and sulphur, by James Tassie, modeller. 2 vols.
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- Raspe, Rudolph E
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- London: James Tassie, 1791.
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Founded in 1977, Thomas Heneage Art Books is the UK's largest and one of the world's leading art bookshops. We specialise in books for the art market, our core business being in catalogue raisonnés, monographs and international exhibition catalogues. It is our policy to stock the most authoritative book on any subject and in any language, irrespective of its being new or second hand. We also sell antiquarian books and objects of Fine Art. We are members of the ABA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) and LAPADA (the Association of Arts and Antiques Dealers).
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