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Museum Odescalchum, sive, Thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum : cum imaginibus in iisdem insculptis, et iisdem exsculptis, quæ a serenissima Christina svecorum regina collectæ in Museo Odescalcho adservantur, et a Petro Sancte Bartolo quondam incisæ, nunc primum in lucem proferuntur ..

Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700, Galeotti, Niccolo, 1692-1758 · 1751 · Romæ : Sumptibus Venantii Monaldini Bibliopolæ : Ex Typographia Sancti Ignati, excudebat Joannes Generosus Salomoni · 107 pictures

A two-volume Roman catalogue of 1751 recording the antique engraved gems collected by Christina of Sweden and later held in the Odescalchi museum, with plates cut by Pietro Santi Bartoli and text by Niccolò Galeotti, issued for antiquarians and collectors. Beyond the outline engravings of mythological gem subjects in oval and round frames, the volumes carry woodcut initials set into landscapes with domed churches and towers, plus engraved headpieces of putti, eagles and foliate scrollwork usable as ornament and drop caps.

Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700 · Odescalchi, Livio, 1652-1713 · Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689 · Gems, Ancient

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