Lucernae fictiles musei Passerii

Passeri, Giovanni Battista, 1694-1780, Gregori, Carlo Bartolomeo, 1702-1759, Menabuoni, Giuseppe, b. ca. 1708, Franceschini, Vincenzo, 1680-ca.1744, Manelli, Sante, 18th cent, Benedetti, Giuseppe, 1707-1782, Papinj, Jos, Pazzi, Antonio, 1706-ca. 1766, Faucci, Carlo, 1729-1784, Sgrilli, Bernardo Sansone, conte, fl. 1733-1755, Medici, Giovanni, 18th cent, Lebrún, Ni, Mogalli, Niccolò, b. 1723 · 1739 · Pisauri [Pesaro] : Sumtibus Academiae Pisaurensis · 125 pictures

A three-volume antiquarian catalogue of ancient terracotta oil lamps from Giovanni Battista Passeri's collection, engraved by Gregori, Menabuoni and Franceschini and published at Pesaro in 1739 for collectors and classical scholars. Each plate isolates one or two lamps in shaded outline, their discs carrying gladiators, cupids, lions, deities and altars inside beaded rims, with volute handles and chipped edges recorded exactly.

Pottery, Ancient · Lamps, Roman · Lamps, Ancient

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